Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk, cross-bred different strains of garden peas to determine basic principles of heritability
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Answer: True
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Which of the following is NOT related to job stress?
a. heart disease. c. cancer. b. low blood pressure. d. arthritis.
Which situation is an example of implicit bias?
A. believing that discrimination laws should not apply to members of certain ethnic groups B. refusing to play with members of certain ethnic groups because of out-group prejudice C. being more likely to associate positive characteristics with one's own group than with others D. believing that people from groups outside one's own have more positive characteristics than people in one's own group
Each individual response is based solely on prior experiences and genetic history
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Narinder has two exams the following day. She is convinced that no matter what she does, she will not be able to pass one of them. On the other hand, she thinks if she studies hard for the other exam, she could actually do well. Therefore, Narinder decides to study only for the exam she thinks she can pass. Narinder has:
a. made an error known as the conjunction fallacy—her performance in one exam is independent of her performance in the other exam. b. demonstrated a lack of metamemory because with sufficient effort anyone can pass two exams. c. failed to understand a principle of metamemory—namely that JOLs can be used to help us study. d. demonstrated an aspect of metacognitive control—she marshaled her resources to accomplish a possible goal.