In a heuristic called _________, a person determines the difference between the current situation and the goal and then tries to reduce that difference by various methods
a) means–end analysis
b) availability heuristic
c) representative heuristic
d) rule of linked arms
a
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Which theorist defined intelligence as the "capacity of an individual to understand the world and the resourcefulness to cope with its challenges?"
a. Binet b. Piaget c. Wechsler d. Salovey
Wendy has asked her husband William for a divorce, and he has agreed that their marriage should end. Wendy believes that William is an excellent father, and does not want him alienated from their children. Research suggests that if they have a ____ divorce, William will remain more involved in his children's lives than if they went to court
a. mediated b. covenant c. communal d. collaborative
Which of the following four pairs of numbers describes a correlation that is very close to .0?
a. (2, 4), (4, 8), (0, 0), (-2, -4) b. (0, 0), (1, 1), (2, 4), (3, 9) c. (4, 3), (2, -1), (-2, -9), (0, -5) d. (4, -9), (2, -1), (-2, -2), (0, -5)
"Glove anesthesia" is a
a. legal defense approach used when a psychological disorder lead to the person committing a crime. b. medication used to reduce the symptoms of somatoform disorders. c. dissociative disorder. d. loss of feeling in the hand that contradicts the known workings of the nervous system.