The availability heuristic is the tendency to underestimate the importance of something based on how difficult it is to remember.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

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The Continental rationalists and British empiricists disagreed over the origin of knowledge. This fundamental difference between their arguments has been called the ____

a. biology-psychology question c. nature-nurture question b. ontological-ontogenetic question d. mind-matter question

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The distinction between fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence was first postulated by

A) James McKeen Cattell and Louis Thurstone. B) Robert Sternberg and Howard Gardner. C) Raymond Cattell and John Horn. D) Charles Spearman and William Stern.

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________ refers to the factors that direct and energize the behavior of humans and other organisms.

A. Development B. Intelligence C. Motivation D. Cognition

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When 4-year-old Leela wished for her grandmother to come and visit, and the very next day her grandmother arrived at Leela's house, Leela believed it was

A) because her grandmother knew every thought Leela had. B) nothing out of the ordinary. C) because magic accounts for events she cannot otherwise explain. D) a special power that only Leela has.

Psychology