Many people believe that there are more deaths in the United States each year due to tornadoes than deaths due to asthma, even though asthma kills more people. This mistaken belief is due in part to the reports of tornadoes being more vivid. This is an example of how our judgments are affected by ____.?
a. ?the availability heuristic
b. ?the representativeness heuristic
c. ?the confirmation bias
d. ?loss aversion
ANSWER:
a
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a. Scientists believe that genetic factors are involved. b. It is a degenerative brain disease. c. Symptoms include tremors, muscle rigidity, and difficulty controlling finger and hand movements. d. It affects about 1.5 million Americans. e. It involves an excess of the neurotransmitter glutamate.
Gibson's theory proposes that the features of an object reveal its
a. affordances. b. assimilations. c. accommodations. d. affectations.
Reserving the use of the word "puppy" to refer only to the dog at home and not other dogs is an example of
a. babbling. b. functional grammar. c. underextension. d. overextension.
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a. Native-American b. Latino-American c. Asian-American d. European-American