"You have a great deal of unused potential that you have not yet turned to your advantage." This kind of phrase is an example of __________, the tendency people have to accept very general descriptions that could apply to anyone as being specifically about themselves.
A. the availability heuristic
B. the personality hoax effect
C. the P. T. Barnum effect
D. reasoning from the general to the specific
C. the P. T. Barnum effect
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The sentence, "I the text read Chapter 10 in" violates the English rules of
a. syntax. b. pragmatics. c. joint attention. d. morphology.
Helen is administering an intelligence test to children to determine if they have a learning disorder. She should be sure to ____
a. test several children at the same time as a way of reducing their anxiety b. make sure the children are relaxed by playing soft music as they take the test c. only give extra time to those who seem to need it d. be aware of each student's linguistic and cultural background
Spinal motor neurons responsible for contracting muscles are known as _________ motor neurons
a. alpha b. beta c. gamma d. theta
Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote that adolescence was a period of tumultuous change, so much so that it represented a
A) period of storm and stress. B) period of raging hormones. C) reenactment of earlier periods of life. D) time when adolescents were apt to be carried away by their impulses.