When using the availability heuristic, people tend to judge the probability of an event based on ________
a. the need to be right, which makes it hard to listen to the available information with an open mind.
b. statistical consideration of the frequency with which the event occurs in everyday life.
c. the burden of doubt people feel about their abilities to determine probability from available information.
d. how easy it is to think of instances of it.
Answer: d
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a. clients often use trait descriptions. b. traits are useful at the beginning of therapy. c. traits can sometimes be more accurate. d. behaviors are inferred from traits.
There are often very few observations per condition when studying complex cognition because
a. it is often necessary to test each participant individually in a time-consuming procedure. b. there is very little variability among subjects in performance of these tasks. c. the variability among subjects can be compensated for statistically. d. statistical power is not affected by the number of observations obtained.
Items of specialized knowledge, such as the concept that animals or people have a true nature that is fixed at birth, are known as items of ____________________ knowledge
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In Benjamin Libet's experiments, the timing of conscious will was shown to follow which pattern?
A) Brain activity begins, a conscious wish to act is experienced, and then behavioural action occurs. B) A conscious wish to act is experienced, brain activity begins, and then behavioural action occurs. C) Behavioural action occurs, brain activity begins, and then a conscious wish to act is experienced. D) A conscious wish to act is experienced, behavioural action occurs, and then brain activity begins.