Russ, Greene, and House (1977) asked college students to wear a sandwich-board sign that said "Repent" and walk around campus for 30 minutes
Although only 50% of the total number of students volunteering for the study agreed to wear the sign, those who did wear the sign estimated 77% of the other participants would do it. Which cognitive bias explains this difference?*
a. confirmation bias
b. false consensus bias
c. primacy effect
d. fundamental attribution error
b
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A. sample mean B. population mean C. standard deviation D. sample distribution
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a. the embryonic period b. the germinal period c. the fetal period d. the critical period
It is during Piaget's _____ stage of cognitive development that Freud postulated the _____ stage of psychosexual development.
A) sensory motor; genital B) sensory motor; phallic C) preoperational; phallic D) concrete operational; genital
Responsiveness between caregiver and child is closely aligned with a healthy conscience for boys but not girls
Indicate whether the statement is true or false