Wally and Shamika are out on a date. When Shamika asks where they should go for dinner, Wally says, "My coworkers keep telling me about that new Japanese place downtown, so it must be a great place to eat." Wally's response illustrates the use of a(n)
A. availability heuristic.
B. confirmation bias.
C. conjunction rule.
D. permission schema.
Answer: A
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a. ?Walter Scott’s work b. ?the demands of the VA hospital system after World War II c. ?the Hawthorne studies d. ?the Zeigarnik effect research e. ?Lewin's work on social conflict
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a. fixed-ratio c. variable-ratio b. fixed-interval d. variable-interval
Research on neglected children indicates that they
A) display a blend of positive and negative social behaviors. B) often report feeling lonely and unhappy. C) are deficient in social understanding and regulation of negative emotion. D) are usually well-adjusted.
Which of the following is true about naturalistic observation?
A. Participants must always provide consent to being included in naturalistic observation research. B. It is not possible to draw conclusions about human behavior from naturalistic observation. C. Naturalistic observation is useful for developing hypotheses that may be tested using experimental methods. D. Because they are in their usual environment, humans often behave differently during naturalistic observation.