What do social psychologists call the tendency to rely on trait explanations of the behavior of others and to ignore the influence of situations?
a) availability heuristic
b) augmenting principle
c) self-fulfilling prophecy
d) fundamental attribution error
D
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According to psychologists, the decay theory of forgetting suggests that:
a. competition from other information causes memories to be forgotten or lost b. events that occur after encoding can alter or distort existing memories c. events that occur prior to encoding can alter or distort existing memories d. the passage of time causes memories to be spontaneously forgotten or lost
What is the ideal temperature for the sperm?
a. about 4 degrees warmer than the average body temperature b. the same as the average body temperature c. about 4 degrees cooler than the average body temperature d. about 8 degrees cooler than the average body temperature
Which type of glia would you expect to respond to injury and remove cellular debris?
A. astrocytes B. microglia C. oligodendrocytes D. schwann cells
Make a judgment about which is rounder: an apple or a pear versus a toothpick or an oar. The difference between these judgments will illustrate __________
a. the semantic congruity effect b. the von Restorff effect c. the imagery effect d. the recency effect