Because it is easy to think of examples of bad driving, most people overestimate how many people are bad drivers. Which of the following tendencies is influencing their thinking?
a. The framing effect
b. The sunk cost effect
c. The representativeness heuristic
d. The availability heuristic
d
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Which of the following was the median age for marriage for females in 1960?
A. 20 B. 21 C. 22 D. 23
Which of the following did Galton conclude based on his word association test?
a. Responses can illuminate aspects of the mind that are not revealed by other methods. b. Responses tend to be closely related to the setting in which the test is given. c. Responses are so variable within a single individual as to make the test worthless. d. Responses are closely related to intelligence, so word association tests can be used to test intelligence.
Questions that are potentially answerable by means of currently available research techniques are know as _____
a. systematic empiricism b. the principle of falsifiability c. solvable problems d. public verification
Dr. Marcel is a researcher who studies the brain processes associated with behavior in adolescents. Which of the following conclusions is he most likely to reach about the adolescent brain?
a. Brain functioning becomes more inhibited during adolescence. b. Brain functioning becomes less connected during adolescence. c. Brain functioning becomes less effective during adolescence. d. Brain functioning becomes more specialized during adolescence.