Kahneman & Tversky (1973) report having people read various personality descriptions and then estimate the likelihood or probability that a person was a member of one or another profession
To a surprising degree, people's estimates are influenced by the similarity of the description to a widely held stereotype. This reflects __________.
a. the availability heuristic
b. general world knowledge
c. the vividness effect
d. the representativeness heuristic
Answer: d
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a. ?preconscious b. ?unconscious c. ?nonconscious d. ?subconscious
A life satisfaction scale has both positively-worded items (e.g., "I feel as though life is good to me") and negatively-worded items (e.g., "I have nothing to look forward to.".). All items use a scale of 1 ("disagree strongly") to 5 ("agree strongly"). In order to analyze this data, it must undergo a(n) ____
a. item inversion b. item reversal c. scale reversal d. scale inversion
Which statement about nonsuicidal self-injury is TRUE?
A) It is equally common among males and females. B) It is more common among males than among females. C) It is more common among adults than among teenagers. D) It is more common among people with college degrees than people without college degrees.
Formal-operational thinking is most reliably demonstrated when the object of the exercise
a. is either familiar or unfamiliar. b. is easy rather than difficult. c. lends itself readily to hunches and intuitive thinking. d. is a familiar topic with which one has prior experience.