Jordan recently won third place in his city's creative writing contest, even though he hasn't written creatively in years and he submitted a story he wrote years ago. He thinks to himself, "If only I had been working on my writing this whole time, I might have won first place." This is an example of ________ thinking.
a) magical
b) optimist
c) overconfident
d) counterfactual
d
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The population explosion of the oldest old is limited to the United States.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Terror management theory predicts that when people are sensitized to the threat of death, they are least likely to ____
a. ?increase social support from those around them b. ?exhibit increased patriotism c. ?accept the thought of their own mortality d. ?rely on religious faith
Why is the research of Herrnstein and Murray (1994) and Rushton and Jensen (2005) controversial? a. The research has found no practical use for IQ tests
b. The research suggests that racial differences on IQ scores are determined by heredity. c. The research does not support any predictive validity of IQ tests. d. The research questions whether current conceptions of IQ are adequate.
At eight weeks, the embryo is clearly recognizable as a human fetus
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.