Your text mentions a young woman who headed home before finishing a college tour after noticing a student who was wearing unfashionable shoes. This woman was using the representativeness heuristic by assuming that
a. a sample represented the larger population.
b. easily recalled examples represented more prevalent categories. c. more people agreed with her than actually did.
d. her point of view was unique.
e. her initial hypothesis was correct despite evidence against it.
a
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Children who have early crawling experience perform better than those who do not on tests of motor skills in early childhood (Haywood & Getchell, 2008). This implies that
a. experience makes no difference as these skills are based on maturation. b. genetics makes no difference as these skills are based on experience. c. early experience may affect development of motor skills. d. boys begin utilizing motor skills earlier than girls.
Research on proximal goals, distal goals, and goal hierarchies suggests that MOST people ____
a. have goal hierarchies (including proximal goals and distal goals) b. have proximal goals but not distal goals c. have distal goals but not proximal goals d. have either proximal goals or distal goals (but not both)
Discuss why the following criteria are not completely satisfactory in defining abnormality: psychological dysfunction, digress, and "culturally expected" behavior
What will be an ideal response?
The model for generalizing in which the population is identified, a fair sample is drawn, the research is conducted, and finally the results are generalized to other populations or groups is referred to as a(n) _______________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word