When people estimate the probability of an event based on the ease with which examples can be brought to mind, they are using the:
a. representativeness heuristic
b. availability heuristic
c. functional fixedness heuristic
d. working backward heuristic
B
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When Milgram ran his shock experiments with women giving shock instead of men, what did he find out?
A. Women used social cues to determine when to give shock. B. Women shocked confederates to about the same degree as men. C. Women refused to participate from the start. D. Women were interested in knowing the history of the person being shocked.
A generally accepted taxonomy of traits:
a. would actually hinder communication among investigators b. would reassure personality psychologists that they had not inadvertently omitted consideration of some important trait in their study of some problem c. would permit investigators to predict accurately all of our behavior d. would hinder progress in understanding human personality
Following a long illness, Walton's father finally passes away. This situation is an example of a trigger that may move Walton from
a) individualistic to integrated. b) conformist to individualistic. Consider This: Another trigger for this may be self-help workshops. LO 9.5: Explain the transition process from one stage of faith and equilibrium to another c) integrated to transcendent. Consider This: Another trigger for this may be self-help workshops. LO 9.5: Explain the transition process from one stage of faith and equilibrium to another d) transcendent to conformist. Consider This: Another trigger for this may be self-help workshops. LO 9.5: Explain the transition process from one stage of faith and equilibrium to another
According to a classic study by Thomas and Chess, ratings on the major dimensions of temperament elicit three major classifications
a. inhibited, uninhibited, and neutral b. easy, difficult, and slow-to-warm-up c. wired, mellow, and average d. irritable, placid, and average