Thetext indicates that many teenagers who smoke are convinced that cigarette smoking is harmless for healthy adolescents. Which concept does the BEST job of explaining this phenomenon?
A. Crystallization
B. Depression
C. Illusion of invulnerability
D. Imaginary audience
Answer: C
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a. ideal selves. b. dream symbols. c. REM rebounds. d. psychosexual fixations.
Meg rarely wears her seat belt and often texts on her phone while she drives. However, she does not believe she will have an accident. Meg is exhibiting which intuitive thinking error?
a. allowing too much time for incubation of the problem b. framing a problem broadly c. ignoring the base rate d. the representativeness heuristic
Shelby is teaching her child to tie his shoes. Instead of rewarding him only when he completes the task, she rewards him for small successes along the way, such as crossing the laces, then making a loop, then tying the bow. What is this technique called?
a. behavior modification c. successive approximations b. success rewards d. task approximations
Melba is one of the unique individuals that has 4 kinds of cones. What is not true about Melba?
A. She must be female because having four kinds of cones requires two X chromosomes. B. She has two forms of the short-wavelength cone. C. She has two forms of the long-wavelength cone. D. She is better at making distinctions between one color and another compared to someone with three cones.