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While shopping for a new winter coat you find a $100 coat marked down from $150.This seems like a better deal than a similar coat priced regularly at $100.This best illustrates the importance of

A) belief perseverance.
B) confirmation bias.
C) framing.
D) the availability heuristic.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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A mental grouping of similar objects,events,ideas,or people is a(n)

A) algorithm.
B) prototype.
C) heuristic.
D) concept.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Using different words for two very similar objects enables people to recognize conceptual distinctions between the objects.This best illustrates

Andrew is no smarter than his graduate school classmates,but his self-discipline and passionate dedication to long workdays resulted in notably superior academic accomplishments.Andrew's unusual level of success best illustrates the importance of

We tend to NOT fear events that can be considered

Consumers respond more positively to ground beef advertised as "75 percent lean" than to ground beef described as "25 percent fat." This illustrates that consumer reactions are influenced by

Introductory psychology students performed best on a midterm psychology test if they had previously spent five minutes a day visualizing themselves

Which of the following is NOT a component of creativity as described by Robert Sternberg?

You have decided that you want to enhance your own creativity.Which of the following is NOT something you should consider?

To determine whether a child's intellectual development was fast or slow,Binet and Simon assessed the child's

Cross-sectional research indicated that during early and middle adulthood,aging is associated with ________ levels of intelligence.Longitudinal research indicated that during this period of life,aging is associated with ________ levels of intelligence.

Who would have been the LEAST enthusiastic about relying on eugenics for the improvement of human intellectual functioning?

Using beliefs to assess evidence,rather than using evidence to draw conclusions,is referred to as

Fluid intelligence refers most directly to a person's

Repeatedly assessing the intelligence of the same group of people at different times across their life span best illustrates a

Older people's capacity to understand the meaning of words does not decline as much as their capacity to engage in abstract reasoning.This best illustrates the stability of

The concept of social intelligence was proposed by

To qualify for the office manager's job,55-year-old Mariel must take a series of psychological tests.Her performance on the test of ________ is likely to be poorer than if she had taken it as a 25-year-old.

One group of chimpanzees slurps termites directly from a stick;another group picks them off the stick one by one.One group of chimpanzees breaks nuts with a stone hammer;another group does this with a wooden hammer.These group differences in food-gathering practices best illustrate

________ allow(s) us to act quickly but put(s) us at risk for error.