Joe takes on his sister's view that all people from "up north" are snobs. Later, Joe learns that his sister's opinion was based on the fact that her boyfriend from "up north" recently dumped her. Yet Joe persists in his belief that people from "up north" are snobby. This best illustrates the ____ effect
a. theory perseverance
b. availability heuristic
c. false consensus
d. false uniqueness
A
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a. Terrence supports the war in Iraq. He does not like to watch any TV programming that is critical of the war. b. Charlie believes his MP3 player is in the medicine cabinet. Even after he has looked absolutely everywhere in the cabinet and found no evidence whatsoever of the player, he continues to believe this. c. Krista believes in ghosts. She says that she has seen them, and refuses to listen to anyone who wants to tell her otherwise. d. Although her chances of winning are extremely slim, Eve continues to hope that one day she will win the lottery.
Examining the self-report scales used to study a concept will help you _____.
A. demonstrate how to form an experiment on the concept B. understand the concept's subcomponents C. further social psychological thought on the concept D. isolate causal variables of the concept
ALL BUT WHICH of the following is a point of significant concern regarding the MMPI-2?
a. the clarity of the item wording b. the internal consistency of the scales c. the amount of item overlap among scales d. the characteristics of the normative sample
In which species did scientists first discover gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH)?
a) quail b) cats c) monkeys d) humans