The tendency for people to judge the frequency or likelihood of an event by the ease with which they can imagine or mentally visualize it is known as the ____
a. representativeness heuristic
b. anchoring and adjustment heuristic
c. simulation heuristic
d. confirmation bias
C
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Persistently violating the rights of peers through fighting or bullying would most accurately lead to a diagnosis of _____ in a teenager
a. conduct disorder b. schizophrenia c. aphasia d. dysphoria
The Big 5 personality traits are good indicators of a person's likelihood to practice certain health behaviors. Girls who are higher in neuroticism, introversion, and disagreeableness:
a. follow medical advice more than girls who are extroverts. b. perform more risky behaviors. c. are more likely to be health focused and therefore healthier. d. are more less likely to smoke than other personality types.
A(n) ______ is the sum of the products of a weight vector and a subject’s scores at each level of the independent variable.
a. standard-score b. trend c. contrast d. contrast score
The body is capable of producing its own opiate-like chemicals in the form of:
a. endorphins c. thoraxine b. dopamine d. adrenaline