Which cognitive bias best describes our tendency to judge people based on first impressions?
a. confirmation bias
b. the representativeness heuristic c. the availability heuristic
d. the means-end heuristic e. divergent thinking
b
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a. the increased stress of modern life. b. better nutrition. c. gene mutations. d. exposure to hormones in animal meats.
In sensory memory, auditory stimuli are to memory as visual stimuli are to memory
a. eidetic; iconic b. iconic; echoic c. echoic; iconic d. iconic; eidetic e. eidetic; echoic
____ is the first step in experiencing stress
a. Appraisal c. Threat b. Fear d. Flight
Research on bipolar disorder suggests that one’s likelihood of having the disorder ____.?
a. ?decreases when siblings have the disorder because it is caused by a chance mutation that is unlikely to happen more than once in the same family b. ?increases merely by having relatives with the disorder regardless of any contact with them c. ?increases only when there is an inherited abnormality and there is exposure to others who have the disorder d. ?decreases when there is exposure to others who have the disorder because it can be seen that there is no psychological or social benefit to having the disorder