AP PSYCHOLOGY

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COGNITION

THINKING AND LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Research participants were asked to identify a word that would form a compound word or phrase with each of three other words. Solutions that occurred with sudden insight were accompanied by a burst of activity in the brain’s ____ lobe.
A
right temporal
B
left temporal
C
right occipital
D
left occipital
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A “population of interest” is defined as the population/group from which a researcher tries to draw conclusions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sampling is the process of selecting a representative group from the population under study. The target population is the total group of individuals from which the sample might be drawn. A sample is the group of people who take part in the investigation. The people who take part are referred to as “participants”.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is one reason that a researcher might decide to engage in qualitative research? The researcher wants to get a sense of the “lived experience” of the research participants.

Detailed explanation-4: -Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one’s prior beliefs or values.

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