Dan reached adolescence during a period of time in which
American youth tended to feel pessimistic about the economic opportunities available to them, as well as neglected by their parents. It is most likely that Dan is a member of
A) Generation X. B) the lost generation.
C) the silent generation. D) the baby boomers.
Answer: A
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Joe takes on his sister's view that all people from "up north" are snobs. Later, Joe learns that his sister's opinion was based on the fact that her boyfriend from "up north" recently dumped her. Yet Joe persists in his belief that people from "up north" are snobby. This best illustrates the ____ effect
a. theory perseverance b. availability heuristic c. false consensus d. false uniqueness
The theory of hypnosis, which states that the hypnotized individual is disconnected from reality, is called:
A. altered state theory B. sociocognitive theory C. hypnotic analgesia theory D. stimulus control theory
The most important advantage to using the experimental method over descriptive research methods is that the experimental method allows us to identify _____ relationships
Fill in the blank with correct word
You used to envy your brother because he was always so confident when talking to others. Yet the older you become, the more you realize that your brother is more often convinced of things rather than accurate about things. Your brother's behavior can be explained by the
A. perseverance bias B. fundamental attribution error C. correspondence bias D. overconfidence phenomenon