__________ is(are) defined as people's misconceptions of the physical world, in particular their understanding of the principles of motion
a. Simulation heuristic
b. Mental models
c. Naïve physics
d. Self-conceptualization of beliefs
Answer: c
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Research into families in the Netherlands where there was a transracially adopted child from Columbia, Korea, or Sri Lanka found that one particular struggle for the child was
a. not speaking Dutch well enough to be understood. b. living with an impoverished family c. looking different d. being significantly taller than their siblings.
Which of the following BEST qualifies as an example of prejudice?
a. Sarah believes that gay men tend to like fashion. Thus, when Sarah meets Tom, a gay friend of her brother's, she asks him who his favorite fashion designer is (instead of asking him, say, about sports or movies). b. A CEO of an advertising agency decides that she would like to employ more women. Thus, even though the agency receives applications from equally qualified men and women, far more women than men are hired. c. Vera believes that old people smell bad. When getting on the bus earlier this week, she therefore felt repulsed when she saw that the only available seat was next to an old person. d. Horace has never met a black person before, but he watches a lot of old movies, and he has learned from these movies to associate black people with aggression as well as athleticism.
Psychologists with a__________perspective are most likely to focus on the evolution of behavior
A) functionalist B) cognitive C) behaviorist D) biological E) Select
What do the following have in common: a microphone concealed in the ceiling of a laboratory, filler items on a psychological survey meant to distract from a study's true purpose, and a misleading explanation told to participants about the purpose of a study?
A) They all are forms of experimenter bias. B) They all are examples of unethical research. C) They all are examples of naturalistic observation. D) They all are ways of avoiding demand characteristics.