You and a friend are visiting a new city and would like to splurge and go out for a fine meal. You look at the restaurant listings in the newspaper and find one that is very expensive. Your friend says, "Let's go for it. With prices like that, we're bound to have an incredible dining experience." In making her decision, your friend most likely was guided by:
a. the priming effect.
b. the representative heuristic.
c. the contrast effect.
d. the primacy effect.
Ans: b. the representative heuristic.
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. If allowed, rats will self-administer cocaine to the point of severely damaging their health, including overdose and death 2. Laboratory rats will self-administer THC, the active compound in marijuana 3. Psychologists have yet to discover a psychoactive drug used by people that rats will refuse to self-administer 4. Most cocaine abusers became addicted the very first time they tried the drug 5. Drug addiction is synonymous with physical dependence on a drug
Rob's body temperature fluctuates throughout the day and is usually the lowest _____.
A. about an hour before he goes to sleep B. in the morning C. in the middle of the night D. in the afternoon
Which of the following is true of Asch's conformity procedure?
A. Torn between the desire to avoid doing harm and the desire to be a good participant, a surprising number of people chose to disobey the orders. B. In the obedience experiments, the remote victim's pleas overcame a powerful social pressure (the experimenter's commands). C. When external influences overrode inner convictions, attitudes failed to determine behavior. D. When responding alone, Asch's participants nearly always gave the wrong answer.