Dolores, a college freshman, has moved to a big city for the first time in her life. She is excited by the opportunity to explore the city, but is also anxious about what she read recently about street crime in one of the city's neighborhoods. In reality, she is more at risk of harm from reckless drivers. What heuristic is she applying is this situation?
a. representativeness heuristic
b. availability heuristic
c. affect heuristic
d. recognition heuristic
Ans: b. availability heuristic
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Because he is a hopeless romantic, Chad buys his wife a single red rose for no particular reason while grocery shopping. Realizing that he doesn't own a vase, he also buys the only one the supermarket has in stock, which is rather expensive. Upon coming home, his wife says, "Thanks for the rose, but is the vase really necessary? We can just put it in one of your many empty wine bottles that
litter the kitchen." Chad's failure to realize that a wine bottle can serve as a makeshift but romantic vase is an example of: A) the recency effect. B) the availability bias. C) semantic interference. D) functional fixedness.
The term _____________ refers to what is judged as good conduct.
A. values B. morality C. honor D. goodness
Viorst's overall message concerning losses is
a. they must be confronted and eventually fought. b. death of a loved one is the main loss with which we should be concerned. c. accept and let them go. d. seek professional help.
Newborn babies
A) are not particularly sensitive to touch. B) are not particularly sensitive to pain. C) can distinguish the shapes and textures of small objects. D) are especially sensitive to touch around the torso.