Carla participates in an experiment in which she has to read a list of words that are the names of colors. Some of the words are printed in the same colored ink as the word; others are not. For instance, sometimes the word blueis printed in blue ink, and sometimes the word blueis printed in red, green, or black ink. The researcher records the amount of time it takes for her to read each word. Carla's reaction time is likely to ____ when the word and the ink are the same color and ____ when they are different colors.
a. increase; increase
b. decrease; decrease
c. decrease; increase
d. increase; decrease
Question 2
Laverne works on an assembly line, spotting defective bottles. Recently, her performance has been poor and her boss warns her that if she misses one more defective bottle, she will be fired. Laverne's reaction time will ____ because of the changed ____.
a. increase; expectancy
b. increase; speed-accuracy tradeoff
c. decrease; complexity
d. decrease; stimulus-response compatibility
An electron micrograph from an experiment demonstrating the function of a tight junction
To Do List
The transfer experiment that demonstrated the existence of RNA primers in DNA replication
The Taylor–Woods–Hughes experiment
Describe the Conceptual Forecasting Framework in your own words.
Frederick Griffith’s experiment identifying a ″transformation factor″ responsible for heredity