Tuan bought a new leather jacket after saving for many months for the luxury purchase. On the first day he went out wearing the new garment, he found a $50 bill on the sidewalk outside of his office. He now refers to the jacket as his "lucky jacket" and believes that it has some magical power to give him good fortune. Tuan's belief in the jacket's cosmic ability is an example of
A. the availability heuristic.
B. an illusory correlation.
C. selective attention.
D. the falsification principle.
Answer: B
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Dr. Dobbins wants to study attachment patterns in single-parent families. The first step in her scientific investigation would be to
a. design the study and select the research method. b. analyze the data. c. formulate a testable hypothesis. d. collect the data.
The lateral preoptic area and surrounding parts of the hypothalamus control ____
a. CCK levels b. hunger c. drinking d. vasopressin levels
One advantage of supporting basic research in science is that
a. it often leads to immediate applications that are beneficial to society. b. itguarantees that processes uncovered in the laboratory are the same as those in the real world. c. it is easier to do than applied research. d. research done in controlled, laboratory settings can demonstrate phenomena that would be difficult to observe outside the laboratory.
Based on what is known about the functions of the lobes within the cerebral cortex, if researchers discovered a new animal, and the animal's parietal lobe had larger areas dedicated to the toes than to the fingers, you should expect that the animal's:
a. fingers are probably more sensitive to pain than the toes are b. toes are probably more flexible than the fingers are c. fingers are probably more flexible than the toes are d. toes are probably more sensitive to pain than the fingers are