_________________________ is when someone unconsciously selects the information he or she will focus on and process most likely because of having a limited attentional capacity and an inability to process a lot of information at one time.
A. Confirmation bias
B. Selective attention
C. Memory repression
D. Crime focus
Answer: B
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Thelma and Louise are best friends. Thelma contracts rubella, and Louise catches it from her. At the time they have the disease, Thelma is seven weeks pregnant and Louise is seven months pregnant. What is the most likely outcome?
a. Thelma's child will be born unharmed, but Louise's child will have some sort of birth defect resulting from rubella. b. Louise's child will be born unharmed, but Thelma's child will have some sort of birth defect resulting from rubella. c. Thelma and Louise will both give birth to children with birth defects resulting from rubella. d. There is no need for Thelma or Louise to worry about birth defects as a result of having rubella.
Findings from twin and adoption studies of anxiety in children and adolescents suggest that the genetic contribution for anxiety ____
a. decreases with age and environmental influence increases b. decreases with age, along with environmental influence c. increases with age and environmental influence decreases d. increases with age, along with environmental influence
Humanists reanimated interest in moral philosophy. As they de-emphasized ____, they promoted the roles of emotion and memory in human behavior
a. intellect c. common sense b. theology d. reason
_______ is the ability to find a significant result when it truly exists.
a. Power b. Effect size c. Attrition d. Generalizability