Vance has been following the state lottery for over a year, and he has a record of the number of times each number has been selected. He has noted that six of the possible numbers have only been selected four or five times in the entire year. He is planning to invest $1,000 in lottery tickets with that particular six-number combination because he is sure those numbers "are due.". In this case,
Vance is showing evidence of:
a. the availability heuristic
b. anchoring and adjustment
c. framing
d. the representativeness heuristic
D
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a. organic b. biogenic c. humanistic d. psychological
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A. GABA B. Acetylcholine C. Serotonin D. Dopamine
Which of the following chromosomal patterns is correctly identified?
a) XX– normal female b) YY – normal male c) XXY – Turner's syndrome d) X– Klinefelter's syndrome
In her classroom, Kim and small groups of students take turns leading dialogues on the content of various texts. This is an example of
A) cooperative learning. B) reciprocal teaching. C) scaffolding. D) guided participation.