College students are more likely to use a condom when told that it has a 95 percent success rate than when told it has a 5 percent failure rate. This best illustrates the impact of
a. framing.
b. confirmation bias.
c. a fixation.
d. the availability heuristic.
a. framing.
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Dr. Chen has conducted a study about whether men and women differ in their honesty when taking an examination. According to your textbook's discussion of the terms sex and gender,
a. the title should be "Sex Comparisons in Honesty.". b. the title should be "Gender Comparisons in Honesty.". c. if Dr. Chen finds differences between men and women, call it "Sex Comparisons in Honesty.". Otherwise, call it "Gender Comparisons in Honesty.". d. because the terms sex and gender are interchangeable, either title is acceptable.
A progressive neurological disorder marked by abnormal movements such as rigidity, bradykinesia, hypokinesia, and hypomimia, as well as significant cognitive changes, is
a. Alzheimer's. b. Pick's. c. Parkinson's. d. amnestic disorder.
In a correlational design that compared the voting behavior of men and women, what variable is being manipulated?
a. gender b. voting behavior c. gender and voting behavior d. no variables are being manipulated
In signal detection tasks, yea-sayers will have more hits than naysayers
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.