Often, cases of dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder) receive wide press coverage, leading people to believe this disorder is a relatively common psychological problem when, in fact, it is quite rare. People's estimates of the prevalence of dissociative identity disorder may be influenced to a large extent by
a. the representativeness heuristic.
b. the conjunction fallacy.
c. the availability heuristic.
d. the hindsight bias.
C
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to your textbook, why are some IQ tests culturally biased?
A. They tend to be developed in colleges and universities in the Midwest. B. They measure accumulated knowledge and problem-solving strategies that most people have learned. C. They measure knowledge that is more familiar to members of some social groups than others. D. They tend to be developed by psychologists of color.
Last year five-year-old Katrina would say, "No he going," when she was explaining to her younger sister that the dog had to stay at home. Now, Katrina will tell her sister, "He's not going.". This example illustrates that Katrina has made a gain in her use of:
a. syntax b. phonology c. semantics d. pragmatics