Miss Janet is orderly, neat, quiet and shy. She enjoys reading in our spare time and belongs to a social club that includes three librarians, nine real estate agents, and eight social workers. A tendency to conclude that Jade must be one of the three librarians would illustrate the powerful influence of:


A. The representative heuristic
B. The confirmation bias effect
C. The framing effect


A. The representative heuristic

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a. inductive b. co-constructive c. combinatorial d. deductive

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A child and her father are walking. The child knows there are such things as birds. Upon seeing a butterfly, she says, "See the birdie," and her father replies, "No, that's a butterfly; see how small it is.". The child learns about butterflies. This example demonstrates

a. assimilation. b. accommodation. c. conservation. d. object permanence.

Psychology

Which muscles are especially important when running up a flight of stairs at full speed?

A. Fast-twitch muscles B. Slow-twitch muscles C. Smooth muscles D. Intermediate muscles

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When Luke kissed Laura, her heart rate increased. Luke always wore Old Spice After Shave. Whenever Laura smelled Old Spice, her heart raced. Luke's kiss was the __________.

A. unconditioned stimulus B. unconditioned response C. conditioned stimulus D. conditioned response

Psychology