Participants in a research study judged that the letter k is found more often at the beginning of words than in the third position, based on information that was readily available in memory
This error is judgment is an example of the representativeness heuristic.
Answer: b. false
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There are many cultural variations in the experience in pain. These differences are primarily due to:
a. genetics c. socialization b. age d. tolerance.
The review of the literature in the introduction section of a research report is an example of a ____ source
a. primary b. secondary c. premier d. germinal
People who take the hallucinogenic drug PCP have symptoms that closely mimic schizophrenia because PCP affects which of the following neurotransmitters in the brain?
a. glutamate b. histamine c. acetylcholine d. schizotoxin
Extending from the medulla, through the midbrain, into the forebrain is the ________, which can activate other parts of the brain immediately to produce general bodily arousal.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).