A heuristic by which people classify things intothe category to which it appears to be the

most similar is called the __________ heuristic.

a. representativeness
b. availability
c. positive consensus
d. similarity
e. base-rate


a. representativeness

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What will be an ideal response?

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The teacher expectancy effect can be viewed as a special case of a broader concept known as the ________, in which a person's expectation is capable of bringing about an outcome

A) self-efficacy effect B) self-fulfilling prophecy C) self-esteem effect D) Pygmalion effect

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DNA refers to:

a. di-nucleic antibody b. duonucleic acid c. deoxyribonucleic acid d. dynonucleic antigen

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