Someone asks you to estimate the number of people in your social psychology class. You don't know the answer, but if you were to use the anchoring heuristic you would
a. think of how many people are in most of your classes and increase your estimate,
since it is a large class
b. count all the people whose names or faces you can remember
c. think of how many people sit in the front row and multiply by the number of
rows
d. think of the last number you remember hearing
Answer: A
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Lionel never used to worry about driving in the snow until he skidded off the highway one morning during a heavy snowfall. As the back end of the car started to fishtail, Lionel's heart started to race and he became terrified. Now he finds that just getting into his car when there is snow falling causes him to become extremely agitated. In this example of classical conditioning, the conditioned
stimulus is: a. getting into the car when there is snow falling b. the car sliding on the icy roadway c. the agitation that Lionel feels when he gets into the car on snowy days d. Lionel's increased heart rate as the car slipped on the icy road
In response to hot temperatures, animals a. perspire or pant and dilate blood vessels
b. perspire or pant and constrict blood vessels. c. increase thyroid activity and reduce brown fat cell numbers. d. stimulate brown fat activity and increase white fat cell numbers.
The experimental method is best at answering which of these questions?
a. How aggressively do people drive during rush hours in major U.S. cities? b. Are people who play violent video games more likely to drive aggressively? c. Are people who play violent video games more likely to be rude to someone who cuts in line in front of them? d. Does playing violent video games cause people to be more rude to someone who cuts in line in front of them?
Young children's capacity to __________ is influenced by both biologically based temperament and quality of caregiving
A) delay gratification B) correct scale errors C) identify themselves as unique D) classify themselves on the basis of physical characteristics