Author Question: Chapter 5 discussed a study by Waring and Kensinger (2011), in which people looked at stimuli that ... (Read 78 times)

jilianpiloj · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Chapter 5 discussed a study by Waring and Kensinger (2011), in which people looked at stimuli that were either very positive, very negative, or neutral; each stimulus was shown together with a neutral background, such as a river.

The results of this study showed that people were least likely to recognize this neutral background
a. when the stimulus was very positive.
b. when the stimulus was very negative.
c. when the stimulus was neutral.
d. when they were tested immediately after the stimuli had been presented.

Question 2

Chapter 5 discussed the relationship between the violence of a TV program and people's recall of commercials shown during that program. According to this research, people recall a commercial more accurately

a. when the program is extremely violent.
b. when the program is moderately violent.
c. when the program is nonviolent.
d. when the visual component of the program is nonviolent but the auditory component is moderately violent.