You are less likely to receive help if you have car trouble on a busy freeway than if you have car trouble on a sparsely traveled two-lane highway. Your ability to foretell your likelihood of receiving help illustrates the goal of

a. description
b. prediction
c. understanding
d. control

b

Psychology

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In which of the following ways should lawyers present their case to a jury?

a. story order b. story order, but only for the prosecution lawyer c. witness order d. witness order, but only for the defense lawyer

Psychology

The principle illustrated when most people are able to recognize a variety of examples of chairs even though no one category member may have all of the characteristic properties of "chairs" (e.g., most chairs have four legs but not all do) is

a. family resemblance. b. prototypicality. c. graded membership. d. instance theory.

Psychology