If you are trying to decide which person to ask to go to see a movie with you, and you opt for the person who is "cute enough" for your own preferences, you would be described as a satisficer
a. true
b. false
Answer: a. true
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a) confirmation bias. b) script. c) attribution. d) stereotype.
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A. lawyer's fee B. type and duration of the injury C. value of the company D. None of these are correct.
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A) Milton, a white student B) Khalid, an African-American student C) Ming, an Asian student D) Dulcinea, a Hispanic student
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A) The internal, enduring states maintaining the emotional reaction B) The negative reinforcers present before the anxiety is experienced C) The classically conditioned extinction response that precedes the behavior D) The antecedents and consequences of the behavior that are maintaining it