Suppose that you meet an old man named Al. You have no idea how old he is. To try to guess his age you start with your grandfather's age (80), and then add on a few years since Al seems to be a little older. That is, you make use of ____
a. priming
b. counterfactual thinking
c. the anchoring and adjustment heuristic
d. the simulation heuristic
C
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Through measuring infant perception, Robert Frantz was able to study the __________.
A. auditory brain mechanisms in infants B. infant gaze reflex C. smell preferences of infants D. workings of the infant brain
A response, either positive or negative, toward a certain person, idea, object, or situation is called __________
a) bystander apathy. b) an attitude. c) groupthink. d) conformity.
More than 15% of individuals 75 and older reside in nursing homes
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of these would be the best technique for determining which cortical brain areas are active during speech?
A. magnetoencephalography B. magnetic resonance imaging C. transcranial magnetic stimulation D. positron emission tomography