Leo used to eat tuna often, but after a case of botulism made headlines, he decided tuna was too risky. His decision appears to have been influenced by:
a. a framing effect
b. the availability heuristic
c. functional fixedness
d. the representativeness heuristic
B
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A. respiration. B. leg movement. C. brain waves. D. metabolic rate.
If you live in an apartment complex, you are most likely to form a friendship with the
person living a. next door. b. two doors away. c. on the same floor. d. on the floor immediately above you. e. on the immediately below you.
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and after about a year his "jitters" had disappeared completely. The process by which a learned response fades away is called __________. a. extinction b. unlearning c. conditioned diminishing d. unconditioned diminuation