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natalie2426

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Silas participated in a psychology experiment in which he was shown a series of word pairs and was asked to rate them on the basis of how well they fit together. Two days later, he was shown the same pairs of words, but this time, one of the words in the pair was missing. Nevertheless, Silas recalls almost all the missing words even though he was not asked to remember them. The type of study that he participated in was most likely interested in the effects of ____.
 
  a. priming
  b. heuristics
  c. the law of effect
  d. perceptual organization

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Darren is on the way to his university to write an exam. He is disturbed by thoughts of failing because he is not prepared for the exam. However, he pushes away thoughts of failing and focuses on studying. In this scenario, Darren is using _____.
 
  A) repression
  B) suppression
  C) free association
  D) systematic desensitization


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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
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Answer to Question 2

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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