You and a friend are visiting a new city and would like to splurge and go out for a fine meal. You look at the restaurant listings in the newspaper and find one that is very expensive. Your friend says: "Let's go for it. With prices like that, we're bound to have a delicious meal!" In making this statement, your friend was most likely guided by the ____
a. vacation effect
b. representativeness heuristic
c. contrast effect
d. primacy effect
B
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a. Saving energy and strengthening memory b. Strengthening muscles and providing dreams that predict the future c. Removing lactic acid from the brain and increasing the velocity of action potentials d. Stimulating underused synapses and increasing body temperature
The broadest and simplest explanation for why people may stay in violently abusive relationships is that ____
a. they have extremely low self-esteem and dependency disorder b. breaking off relationships goes against the basic tendencies of human nature c. they believe that they deserve to be treated badly in general d. finding a new partner takes too much effort to offset the pain caused
Lynda and Jake are in high school and have been good friends for a couple of years, taking the same classes and "hanging out with the same group of friends.". However, they have never dated since neither feels any "passion" for the other. They also know that their friendship may weaken next year since they will be attending colleges that are far apart, although they will try to keep in contact through the Internet. According to Robert Sternberg, which type of love do Lynda and Jake possess?
a. fatuous love b. consummate love c. liking d. empty love
Which of these statements regarding gender segregation is TRUE?
A) When playing with opposite sex friends, two- and three-year-olds are more interactive and sociable. B) Gender segregation is typically only seen in third-world cultural settings. C) Gender segregation is very prominent after the age of three. D) When observing six-year-olds you would expect one girl-boy group for every two boy-boy or girl-girl groups.