Your instructor is lecturing on the availability heuristic. Which of the following would be most useful in making the point to the class?

a) a comparison of the average intelligence quotient in males and females
b) comparing rates of grade inflation to the rates of inflation in the economy over the past 10 years
c) comparing peoples' estimates of the number of deaths due to vehicle accidents with estimates of the number due to aircraft accidents
d) a comparison of peoples' estimates of the number of calories consumed by adolescents with estimates of the calories consumed by adults


C

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a. Goal of the icebreaker b. Length of the training session c. Nature of the audience d. All three should be considered

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Neurons that fire when an organism either carries out a movement or observes another organism carrying out the same movement are known as _________ neurons

a. vector b. reciprocal c. mirror d. pyramidal

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______________ is a social skill which involves firstengaging in onlooker play to gain insight

and then attempting to join in on the group activities. a. Group entry b. Primary onlooker entry c. Associative entry d. Peer rejection avoidance

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