The in-depth section of Chapter 5 discussed the research about anxiety disorders and memory accuracy for words related to anxiety. According to this research,
a. no matter how memory is measured, there are no significant differences between low-anxious and high-anxious people, with respect to memory for words related to anxiety.
b. high-anxious and low-anxious people differ significantly, when memory is measured in terms of implicit memory.
c. high-anxious and low-anxious people differ significantly, when memory is measured on a recognition test.
d. high-anxious and low-anxious people differ significantly, when memory is measured on a recall test.
Question 2
Which of the following students provides the most accurate definition of the term meta-analysis?
a. Alice: A meta-analysis is a method for assessing metamemory and metacognition, research conducted by cognitive psychologists.
b. Esther: A meta-analysis allows researchers to synthesize many studies on one topic, by using statistical techniques.
c. Uta: A meta-analysis is a technique for reducing anxiety disorders that were created by memories about one's childhood.
d. Hans: Meta-analysis refers to a way of generating a list of items that range in emotional tone between low-anxiety and high-anxiety.
Much time and effort occurs between the development of a research idea and the statistical analysis
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Research Methods
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