When asked to name the most likely persons to die in drunk driving accidents, most people will say "innocent victims." When asked for the likely outcome in cases in which people plead "not guilty by reason of insanity,"
most people will point to cases like John Hinckley and say that the plea is successful. In both examples, the responses are wrong. What general principle leads us to make such errors?
a) confirmation bias
b) divergent thinking
c) availability heuristic
d) representativeness heuristic
C
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Julie experienced inexplicable blindness. She visited several ophthalmologists, all of whom indicated there was no physical basis for her blindness. She most likely has:
a) Hypochondriasis. b) Dissociative disorder. c) Conversion disorder. d) Body dysmorphic disorder.
________ is a(n) understanding that basic properties of substances, such as number, mass, and volume, remain the same after a transformation changes their appearance but not the amount of the substance
a. Centration b. Conservation c. Focus on appearances d. Symbolic representation