An admissions director for a college decides to keep the existing admissions policy since 80% of the students admitted eventually graduate. Unknown to her, 90 percent of the rejected applicants would also have been successful graduates
Her decision- making process is hampered by ______.
a. hill-climbing c. the availability heuristic
b. creating subgoals d. the representativeness heuristic
C
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a. 0.5468 b. 0.4972 c. 0.50 d. none of the options is correct
You are the mayor of a major Midwestern city with a recent history of racial unrest. After an unarmed black teenager is shot by police, you must create substantial reforms that restore the community's faith in the police, and a policy, which allows for restorative justice. Describe the ethical and theoretical basis for the reforms you will make.
What will be an ideal response?
The two traits that Jung discussed were
A) extroversion and neuroticism. B) neuroticism and psychoticism. C) neuroticism and stability. D) conscientiousness and optimism. E) extroversion and introversion.
__________ results from a genetic defect that causes a build-up of uric acid in the body
A) Cornelia de Lange syndrome B) Praeder-Willi syndrome C) Williams syndrome D) Lesch-Nyhan syndrome