Suppose that you and most students in your course study for a number of days ahead of an exam but believe that the vast majority of students in the course wait until the day right before the exam to do almost all of their studying. This would be an example of ______.
a. the fundamental attribution error
b. the false consensus effect
c. the false uniqueness effect
d. pluralistic ignorance
Ans: D
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a. experimenter bias. b. a placebo effect. c. sampling bias. d. social desirability.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The amygdala is involved in the consolidation of emotional memories 2. Neurotransmission, or communication among neurons, is analogous to you sending a toy boat across a river to your friend on the other side 3. Neurotransmission between two neurons physically changes the synapse, or space between these neurons 4. Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize by demonstrating long-term memory in the Aplysia, a one-celled organism 5. Kandel's work with Aplysia demonstrated that short-term memory involves the growth of new synaptic connections among neurons
Which of the following environmental stressors appears to be a significant factor in the later development of major neurocognitive disorder (including the Alzheimer's disease)?
A. Smoking B. Low blood pressure C. Head trauma D. Exposure to high levels of aluminum
Despite the popularity of the "child-as-a-scientist" metaphor, children and adolescents have limited skill in designing and evaluating real experiments
Indicate whether the statement is true or false