The mayor of a large city announced that the incidence of major crimes was down for the third year in a row. Yet a poll of residents who regularly watched the evening news on TV revealed that they still felt the frequency of criminal acts was high and they felt unsafe living in the city. Which rule of thumb was responsible for the persistence of the residents' fears?
a. representativeness heuristic c. anchoring and adjustment heuristic
b. persistence heuristic d. availability heuristic
C
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Psychodynamic theorists tend to share in common with trait theorists the view that human personality is based on
a. learning and expectancies. b. personal growth and self-actualization. c. a set of biological dispositions. d. unconscious drives.
Unpleasant, argumentative, and cold would describe a _____ score on the _____ factor of the five-factor model.
A. high; agreeableness B. low; agreeableness C. low; extroversion D. low; conscientiousness
Piaget argued that a child acts like a(n):
a. uncivilized and unregulated individual b. bucket holding knowledge and wisdom c. tiny scientist making hypotheses about how the world works d. computer attempting to solve problems