Anita is blonde, extremely attractive, and lives in an expensive condo. If we judge the probability of Anita’s being a model as quite high because she resembles our stereotype of a model, we are using the heuristic of ______.
a. representativeness
b. availability
c. framing
d. the law of small numbers
a. representativeness
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Tim believes that sleep is one continuous state of consciousness. Is Tim right?
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A) Occam's Razor B) Ruling out rival hypotheses C) Replicability Incorrect. In fact, research demonstrating the efficacy of sleep-assisted learning has not been impressive, and has had no replicable results. D) Extraordinary claims
A researcher is investigating the effects of exercise on weight. What are the independent and dependent variables in this experiment?
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