You are asked what percentage of psychology majors at your school is female. If you answer this question by thinking of how many female psychology majors come to mind quickly, you are relying on the
a. hindsight bias.
b. fundamental attribution error.
c. availability heuristic.
d. false-consensus bias.
c
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People are more likely to engage in a behavior if it is followed by a reward. According to Rotter, this is because the reward
A. creates an association through operant conditioning. B. is delivered immediately after the behavior is enacted. C. changes the environment in which the behavior takes place. D. changes the expectancy that the behavior will lead to rewards in the future.
Henrietta cannot overcome her alcohol addiction even though she is pregnant. What will likely be the outcome for the baby? What symptoms will the child likely experience?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following holds true for diagnostic labels?
a. After a person has been given a diagnosis, other people begin to see that person primarily in terms of the label. b. People are likely to consider many possible explanations for the mental condition of a person. c. People tend to notice positive behavioral changes in a teenager diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder. d. People do not consider the problems of another person to be inherent.
Some languages contain as many as ______ phonemes
a. 25 c. 65 b. 45 d. 85