Nate thinks that Republicans and Democrats almost never work together in Congress
. The reason he believes this is that he finds it much easier to think of examples of politicians from the two parties not working together than to think of examples of them working together. It is likely that the ______________ has caused Nate to underestimate how frequently Democrats and Republicans work together.
a. availability heuristic
b. confirmation bias
c. fairness bias
d. framing effect
Answer: a
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Generalization is to discrimination as
a. operant is to classical. c. innate is to learned. b. abnormal is to normal. d. broader is to narrower.
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a satisfying and productive life is called __________ behavior. Fill in the blanks with correct word