You have reservations about taking an advanced chemistry class but you decide to register anyway. After you receive a D on your first exam you think to yourself, "I knew this class was going to be too hard! I never should have signed up."
Your belief that you knew the outcome all along refers to what phenomenon?
a. Regret
b. The false uniqueness effect
c. Hindsight bias
d. The false consensus effect
Answer: c
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A. Both boys are likely to develop a phobia because of the traumatic nature of the event. B. Carl is more likely to develop a phobia because his schema of dogs has been violated. C. Carl is less likely to develop a phobia because he has had lots of earlier positive experiences with dogs. D. The likelihood of either boy developing a phobia depends on his sensitivity to pain.
Social interactionists believe that children's __________ language development
A) built-in LAD is solely responsible for B) native language dictates the pace of C) social competencies and language experiences greatly affect D) neural processing speed determines