When Gene is at a convenience store, he sees a robbery take place and hides behind a large display to avoid being victimized. Later he tells the police that he thinks that an African American woman was the culprit, and he points to the woman talking to a police officer on the other side of the parking lot. He doesn't realize that she actually owns the store and was working stocking a shelf near
where the robbery occurred. Gene's memory that the woman was there but failure to recognize the circumstances under which he saw her is called the ____ bias.
a. familiarity-induced
b. ultimate attribution
c. nullification
d. availability
a
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a. people rarely judge men and women differently in the current era. b. people now assume that women political candidates are actually more competent than male candidates in areas such as national security and the economy. c. people are most likely to use stereotypes if they are busy working on another task at the same time. d. people usually favor a male candidate, even when it is clear that a woman is well-qualified for a job.
How might a 4-year-old evaluate her self-esteem?
a. She won't? 4-year-olds are too young to think of themselves in this way. b. According to cognitive competence, physical competence, and social acceptance. c. She will mostly see herself in terms of internal personality traits. d. Four-year-olds always see themselves positively.
The _____ are structures mainly involved in orienting an organism in its environment.
A) reticular formation and amygdala B) cerebellum and pons C) thalamus and hypothalamus D) tectum and tegmentum
Most emerging adults have a firm grasp of who they are and have solidly established their identity
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.