The so-called illusory correlation can most directly help explain ____
a. why people tend to think that they are "better than average" on most traits and abilities
b. why people tend to overestimate the degree to which members of minority groups engage in criminal behaviors
c. why people tend to continue to gamble even when they have hit an "unlucky streak"
d. why people tend to assume that it is more common for people to die from plane crashes than from lung cancer
B
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Current evidence demonstrates that Freud's works were ignored or even renounced by intellectuals during his lifetime
a. True b. False
During the Renaissance, what is one reason women were thought of as peaceful, chaste, and faithful? a. Christian belief during that time considered women superior to all creatures since they were created last. b. Women did not engage in drinking during that time
c. Women wore chastity belts preventing them from committing sexual sins. d. Women were the ones who give birth.
__________ have become the majority of the adult population living in poverty, regardless of age and ethnic group
A) Unemployed men B) Unemployed women C) Men who support themselves or their families D) Women who support themselves or their families
Which sexually active teenager is most likely to contract a sexually transmitted infection?
A) Jim from Canada B) Ross from the United States C) Bruna from Germany D) Milla from Finland