One reason that most Americans believe that AIDS is a bigger health problem
than breast cancer is the ____ heuristic.
(a) availability
(b) probability
(c) representativeness
(d) base rate
(e) encoding
A
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The heritability coefficient of extraversion is approximately .5, which means that:
A) a child psychologist can predict with 50% accuracy a client's extraversion level if she knows the extraversion levels of the child's parents. B) children inherit 50% of the tendencies toward extraversion or introversion from their mother, and 50% from their father. C) in any given child, half of extraversion is caused by genetic factors and half is caused by the environment. D) in a large group of children, 50% of the variability in extraversion scores would be due to genetic factors.
According to Izard and other emotional researchers, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Izard believes that emotions are "hardÂwired" by heredity and related to evolution. b. Smiling is one of a baby's most common reactions. c. Smiling probably helps babies survive by inviting parents to care for them. d. Izard believes that infants can express several basic emotions as early as two weeks of age.
Which of the following is likely to put whites at higher risk of developing an eating disorder than non-whites?
a. body dissatisfaction b. living in an industrialized society c. fear of stomach bloating d. desire to please the family
Which of the following has been shown to restore one's sex drive?
a. testosterone supplements for men and women b. large doses of alcohol c. avoidance of masturbation d. all of these