People tend to say that they would prefer to have $1000 today rather than $1200 two weeks from now—even though, logically, they would be better off with the $1200 in two weeks. The phenomena underlying this tendency is known as ____
a. risk aversion
b. the certainty effect
c. temporal discounting
d. the status quo bias
C
Psychology
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a) incidence of masturbation b) frequency of fantasy about sex c) attitudes toward masturbation d) acceptance of extramarital sex
Psychology
Rose and Asher (2004) found that fifth-grade children had more friends
a. when they do not bully. b. when they value their friendships more than their own social status. c. when their social status is high and they are not overly concerned about their friends. d. when they give their peers things.
Psychology