Marie needed to choose a new veterinarian for her dog. The two options were equidistant from her home and had similar positive reviews online. Eventually, she decided by looking at each practice's website and selecting the option that felt right to her. In this example, Marie's decision was influenced by the
A. recognition heuristic.
B. availability heuristic.
C. affect heuristic.
D. representativeness heuristic.
Answer: C
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Which of the following uses a quasi-experimental design? a. A researcher compares the effects of caffeine on sleep by assigning subjects randomly into one of 3 treatment groups (5, 10 or 20 mg. doses of caffeine) and recording EEGs of each subjectthroughout the night
b. To see whether the effectiveness of a new method of reading instruction is different for bilingual children vs. children who speak only English, 40 Bilingual and 40 English-Speaking children aretaught using the bilingual method for one semester and reading scores for the 2 groups arecompared. c. A clinical psychologist tests the relative effectiveness of two forms of therapy for treatment of panic attacks by recruiting 20 people diagnosed with panic attacks and treating half with one formof therapy and half with the other form of therapy for the same amount of time. d. In a study of picture memory, 40 subjects are shown 1000 photographs under standard viewing conditions and recognition of the pictures is tested 1 week, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and 8 weeks later.
Which of the following typically happens to crystallized intelligence as healthy adults age?
A) Crystallized intelligence peaks at middle age and then declines. B) Crystallized intelligence is slowly replaced by fluid intelligence. C) Crystallized intelligence remains stable or increases with experience. D) Crystallized intelligence steadily declines throughout the lifespan.
Debriefing is required when _______ deception is used.
a. active b. passive c. any kind of d. dangerous
Julie planned a surprise birthday party for her mother with the help of her friends and father. Before her mother got back from work, they put up streamers and other decorative items around the living room and waited for her mother to return and cut the cake. When Julie's mother returned, she got angry at the house being filled with children and the mess they had made decorating for her birthday party and stormed out of the house. This incident is likely to enhance Julie's sense of
A. generativity. B. industry. C. inferiority. D. autonomy.