After you start to dislike someone, almost everything the person says or does seems like further evidence of bad character. Which tendency are you demonstrating?
a. Confirmation bias
b. Framing effect
c. Maximizing strategy
d. Base-rate information
a
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Cirrhosis of the liver can result from drinking alcohol
A. within a few weeks. B. in small amounts over several years. C. containing higher amounts of congeners. D. in large amounts (a pint of whiskey a day) for ten years or more.
Imagine that you are playing the role of the ego in Freud's theory of personality. Your major function would be to
a. search for immediate sexual gratification without concern for consequences. b. mediate between the id impulses and the superego demands. c. satisfy the inner voice of "oughts" and "should nots" at any cost. d. work toward achieving the ego ideal.
While playing house, 3-year-old Lindsay uses a straw as a “bottle” to feed her doll. Lindsay has begun to grasp __________
A) egocentrism B) animistic thinking C) conservation D) dual representation
The ethical principles for both humans and other animals have in common the fact that _____
a. risk should be minimized b. young organisms require special safeguards c. diet is specified d. all of these