Assume that the winning lottery ticket was purchased at the convenience store just around the corner from your house
According to research on counterfactual thinking, you would probably feel worse than if the winning ticket had been purchased all the way across the state, because
a. you could easily remember what it was like to struggle to make every penny count.
b. it would be easy to imagine all the wonderful things you could do with the prize.
c. you could think back on a dozen opportunities that you had to buy the winning ticket, but didn't.
d. you would assume that the local winner is similar to you.
Answer: C
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a. approximately 40% of rape victims report the crime to the police. b. in North America, between 15% and 30% of women will be raped at some point during their lives. c. a woman in the US military is less likely to be raped than a civilian woman. d. although the incidence of rape is relatively high in the United States, it is rare in Canada.
According to twin studies, the role of environment in shaping personality is
a. small but detectable. b. as much or more important than heredity. c. overestimated. d. negligible.
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Which of the following statements is true regarding phrenology?
a. Phrenology has not been supported in study or practice by respectable scientists. b. Phrenology proved that the brain changes in shape and size with experience. c. Phrenology was highly plausible based on a body of empirically-based results. d. Phrenology’s popularity made it easier for other researchers to promote their empirically-based theories of neuroanatomy.