People are likely to overestimate the absolute number of minority individuals who are involved in criminal activity because the mass media typically overrepresents the number of minority individuals engaged in criminal behavior
This is most clearly an example of
a. anchoring bias.
b. the availability heuristic.
c. a frame.
d. decision aversion.
Answer: b. the availability heuristic.
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a. ?educating the founders of Gestalt psychology b. ?the legitimization of music as a therapy for mentally ill and developmentally disabled persons c. ?the legitimization of introspection as an experimental technique d. ?the legitimization of untrained observers to do introspection in experimental research e. ?the discovery of imageless thought and the ensuing debate with Wundt
Movies with "R" ratings tend to be more appealing to children and teens than similar movies with "G" or "PG" ratings. This finding is good evidence of ____
a. error management theory b. self-monitoring theory c. reactance theory d. temporal bias
Juliet wants Romeo physically, and she wants him badly! Juliet is most likely experiencing a. intimacy
b. passion. c. commitment. d. companionate love.
An ____ character tends to be generous, messy, or wasteful, while an ____ character tends to be stingy, orderly, and perhaps perfectionistic.?
a. ?oral-incorporative; oral-sadistic b. ?oral-sadistic; oral-incorporative c. ?anal-expulsive; anal-retentive d. ?anal-retentive; anal-expulsive