Over Thanksgiving break, your parents ask you if you can think of 12 reasons why your college is better than its archrival. You find it hard to come up with so many reasons and so end up thinking, "Hmm, maybe the schools aren't all that different."
Which of the following mental strategies did you probably use to reach this conclusion?
a. the representativeness heuristic
b. base rate information
c. the anchoring and adjustment heuristic
d. the availability heuristic
Answer: D
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a) higher education, living longer, and living alone b) social security disability, dying earlier, and living alone c) annuities, living longer, and are married d) higher education and are married
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A) hyposensitivity; depressive stimuli B) hyposensitivity; environmental stressors C) hypersensitivity; environmental stressors D) hypersensitivity; depressive stimuli
He wrote “Elements of Psychophysics” ___________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)