Failure to see that an object can be used in ways other than its typical use is called _____.
A. mental set
B. functional fixedness
C. confirmation bias
D. stereotype suppression
Answer: B
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Regression toward the mean occurs when
a. people's expectations lead them to experience some change, even though they receive a fake or ineffective treatment. b. people who originally score extremely high or low on some trait are measured a second time, and their new score falls closer to the average. c. people recover from a mental or physical illness without any form of intervention. d. people who originally score near the average on some trait are measured a second time, and their new score falls at the extreme high or low end of the scale.
Which of the following statements is the MOST debatable?
a. Intelligence is at least somewhat genetic in origin. b. Genetic factors are strongly implicated as the cause of ethnic differences in intelligence. c. The average IQ in the lowest social classes is about 15 points lower than the average IQ in the highest social classes. d. The average IQ for some minority groups in the United States is about 10 to 15 points lower than the average for Caucasians.
Worry, anxiety, and fear are often viewed along a dimension of
a. anger. b. stress. c. severity. d. cause.
The study of twins has shown us that
A. The influence of genes can be dramatically affected by various environmental factors. B. The influence of genes is almost entirely overridden by biological environmental factors like nutrition. C. The influence of genes is almost entirely overridden by social environmental factors like parenting. D. The influence of genes cannot be changed by environmental factors.