When asked to guess whether Mark is from Montana or California, you guess California because more people live in California. You have used ________ in making your decision
a. the representativeness heuristic
b. base rate information
c. the availability heuristic
d. counterfactual thinking
Answer: B
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High self-efficacy has been shown to be effective in treating eating disorders.
Jim used to disrupt the teacher's conversations by interrupting her. The teacher consistently ignored his interruptions and the behavior stopped. This is an example of _______.
a. shaping is occurring. b. discrimination is occurring. c. generalization is occurring. d. extinction is occurring.
On a variable-interval schedule, reinforcement is given for the ______
a. first correct response after a fixed amount of time has passed b. first correct response after varying amounts of time have passed c. next correct response after a fixed number of responses have occurred d. next correct response after a varying number of responses have occurred
Ruby received a score of 90 on an intelligence test. Two days later she received a score of 55 on a different form of the same test. The test was apparently lacking in ______
a. validity c. content-relations b. reliability d. culture-fairness