A researcher is using the balanced placebo design to investigate the effects of alcohol on aggression. What has this research added to our knowledge of alcohol?
a. Given a choice, most participants prefer tonic to alcohol.
b. Expectations play an important role in the effects attributed to alcohol.
c. Alcohol has powerful placebo effects in the treatment of many medical conditions.
d. The effects of alcohol are the result of an inherited failure to metabolize the drug.
Answer: b.
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a. representativeness heuristic b. idealized cognitive model c. confirmation bias d. availability heuristic
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b. It is possible to have good language and poor intelligence, but not the reverse. c. It is possible to have good intelligence and poor language, but not the reverse. d. Either can be impaired independently of the other.