Carol is asked to rate her husband in terms of how helpful he is with the household chores. Because she cannot think of a single instance of helpful behavior, she gives him a very low rating. Carol relied on ____ to make her judgment
a. counterfactual thinking
b. the base-rate fallacy
c. the availability heuristic
d. a confirmation bias
c
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a. 5 % b. 15% c. 25% d. 50%
Sometimes students are so intent on meeting the page minimum requirement on a term paper that they fail to include the other important requirements for this paper. These students are exhibiting which barrier to problem solving?
a. pragmatic b. learned c. perceptual d. emotional
Several of your classmates are volunteering at a nursing home for extra credit, and they tell you how much fun they are having helping with the "parties" and the weekly activities for the residents. Although you had planned to do the article assignment for extra credit, you change your mind and decide to volunteer at the nursing home. Your new attitude was formed because of
a. direct contact. b. an interaction with others. c. chance conditioning. d. group membership.
Females are more likely than males to be miscarried, die in infancy, or develop a hereditary disease
Indicate whether the statement is true or false