The specific but limited time, usually early in an organism's life, during which the organism is particularly susceptible to environmental influences relating to some particular facet of development, is known as the
a. critical period.
b. sensory period.
c. neural period.
d. sensitive period.
d
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Suppose that sports fans in Canada are given a list of names of all the medal winners in the last Olympics. After a few minutes of study, the fans are asked to estimate the percentage of medals won by Canada. The fans probably will _____ this number due to the _____.
A) overestimate; hindsight bias B) overestimate; availability bias C) underestimate; hindsight bias D) overestimate; category-specific deficit
Based on current reviews and meta-analyses, we can say that cybertherapy generally appears to work
A. about as well as in-person forms of psychotherapy. B. far worse than in-person forms of psychotherapy. C. far better than in-person forms of psychotherapy. D. We cannot compare cybertherapy and in-person psychotherapy because no studies exist on this topic.
High-functioning autistic children are ones who __________
a) show almost no signs of autistic behavior. b) didn't show signs of autistic behavior until after the age of 6. c) have somewhat normal communication skills and minimal cognitive deficits. d) have a negative reaction to medications used to treat autism.
How reasonable is it for someone to rely on the representativeness heuristic to make a quick judgment?
a. Not reasonable at all—it is usually misleading. b. Often perfectly reasonable when there is no other information available. c. Reasonable when there is base rate information to refer to. d. Somewhat reasonable, but only if you put considerable thought into it first.