A woman has six children—three boys (B) and three girls (G). According to the representativeness heuristic,
you are more likely to believe that she had these children in the G-B-G-B-B-G order than in the B-B-B-G-G-G order because your past experience with birth orders allows you to assume this.
a. true
b. false
Answer: a. true
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A. control B. commitment C. ambivalence D. power-orientation
The approach to law that views the law as a vehicle to improve the lives of those involved is
A. therapeutic jurisprudence. B. feminist jurisprudence. C. critical legal studies. D. altruistic jurisprudence.
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a. ?successful b. ?widely used c. ?comprehensive d. ?confrontational
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A) "You kids are going to spoil your appetite, but go ahead and take a couple of cookies." B) "I don't care if you eat the whole batch at one time, but I'm not cooking anymore." C) "You can have two cookies for dessert after you wash up and eat dinner." D) "One more word about wanting a cookie, and I'm going to throw them out the door."