After you start to believe that someone is dangerous, you examine everything the person says or does for additional evidence of danger. In doing so, what are you demonstrating?
a. The framing effect
b. Confirmation bias
c. Near transfer
d. Representativeness heuristic
b
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a. Her parents had an authoritative parenting style. b. She probably has high self-esteem. c. She may be from any ethnic group and still have high self-esteem. d. All of these are true.
A device used to record the electrical activity in the brain is:
A) the electroencephalograph. B) the computerized axial tomography scan. C) functional magnetic resonance imaging. D) positron emission tomography.