Viewing older people's forgetting of where they parked their cars at the mall as more serious than younger people's forgetting of where they parked their cars reflects a(n)
A. correspondence bias.
B. stereotype threat.
C. negativity bias.
D. age-based double standard.
Answer: D
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a. true b. false
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a. increasing the number of women enrolled in college or university b. improving access to affordable and high quality child care c. incentivizing early retirement for baby boomers d. increasing the minimum wage
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heroism and altruism exhibited by residents) or more negative attitudes because of negative outcomes (looting and dishonesty after the event). What type of hypothesis should the researcher state? A) Directional B) Significant C) Percentile D) Nondirectional