Suppose that you are trying to estimate how much your new employer is going to pay you. You start with an estimate of what others are paid, and then take into account your unique qualifications that are relevant. You have just used the
A) availability heuristic.
B) representativeness heuristic.
C) anchoring and adjustment heuristic.
D) actor-observer difference.
Answer: C
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According to Erik Erikson, the developmental period during which teenagers seek to determine what is unique and distinctive about themselves is called __________.
A. ego-integrity versus despair B. identity versus identity-confusion C. autonomy versus shame D. initiative versus guilt
_____ is a person's identification with the qualities regarded as masculine or feminine
a. Sexual orientation c. Gender-role identity b. Gender stereotype d. Androgyny
Summarize Rosenthal's "intellectual bloomer" work with school children. Explain how the findings relate to the halo effect and self-fulfilling prophecies.
What will be an ideal response?
During midlife, most adults begin to
A) emphasize hoped-for-gains rather than feared declines. B) feel physically stronger and more robust than in early adulthood. C) focus more on child rearing than on career development. D) experience life-threatening health episodes—if not in themselves, then in their partners and friends.