Most people assume there are more words in the English language that begin with the letter k than have the letter k in the third position. This may be because it is easier to think of words that begin with k and thus may be an example of
a. the availability heuristic.
b. the representativeness heuristic. c. functional fixedness.
d. mental set.
e. confirmation bias.
a
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a. Cross-sectional b. Longitudinal c. Sequential d. Both longitudinal and sequential
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a. heuristics. b. metaphors. c. deductive reasoning. d. inductive reasoning. e. premises.
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A. James's peripheral B. the Darwin-Buss C. the Schachter-Singer D. Cannon's central