An overweight person who defends his or her overeating with many reasons ("I need the energy," "I
need the vitamins," and so forth) is using the defense mechanism of rationalization.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Answer: FALSE
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Which of the following could be attributed to the availability heuristic?
a. People overestimate the wealth of a person after hearing a ridiculously high estimate. b. People are more likely to overestimate the age of males who have beards. c. Whales are falsely thought to be fish because they look like fish. d. Students who live on college campuses underestimate the average age of the general population.
Which of the following is true?
a. Daughters of employed mothers are more likely to become traditionally gender-typed than daughters with stay-at-home mothers. b. Girls are more likely to become gender-typed than boys. c. Siblings seem to play little or no role in gender typing. d. Primary schoolchildren show less gender stereotyping when their mothers perform more traditionally masculine tasks.