We deplete our natural resources because the immediate personal benefits of, for instance, taking a long, hot shower outweigh the seemingly inconsequential costs. This exemplifies ________.
A. the sleeper effect
B. the Prisoner's Dilemma
C. the Tragedy of the Commons
D. the fundamental attribution error
Answer: C
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About ___% of teenage boys and girls identify themselves as gay or lesbian
a. 2 b. 5 c. 8 d. 12
If you are given the information that in order to vote in a presidential election, you must be at least 18 years of age, and that Will voted in the last presidential election, you can logically conclude that Will is at least 18 years old. This is an example of using _________________ reasoning.
A. inductive B. deductive C. conjunctive D. descriptive
Meta-analytic research into the impact of mirror functioning on autism spectrum disorder has found that it is
a. absent in all children with autism spectrum disorder, regardless of level of functioning b. reduced in low-functioning children with autism spectrum disorder, but relatively normal in high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorder. c. reduced in all children with autism spectrum disorder, regardless of level of functioning. d. unclear whether mirror neuron functioning is involved in autism spectrum disorder at all.
The results of Milgram's obedience studies and of studies of the inhumane acts of Nazi and American soldiers in war indicate that
A. most normal people would not have acted this way under similar conditions. B. most people assume full responsibility for their actions. C. this type of obedience no longer occurs today; it is clearly a thing of the past. D. most people do what authorities tell them to do, even when they have doubts.