Jae-Sun is a toddler growing up in Korea where children learn a language in which object names are often omitted from sentences. For that reason, he will most likely develop object-grouping skills __________-speaking counterparts

Which of the following students' statements provides the best overview of the research on decision making?

a. Samantha: "People consistently make correct decisions based on the information they are given; problems arise when some crucial information is missing." b. Nayan: "People's use of heuristics in decision making is usually adaptive, unless the heuristics are applied inappropriately." c. Arthur: "People consistently make incorrect decisions, unless the material is extremely concrete." d. Shirley: "The most common kinds of decision-making errors involve belief-bias errors; otherwise, decision making is reasonably accurate."

Unlike modern psychologists, great thinkers of the past:

a. relied primarily on observations based on anecdotes and descriptions of individual cases. b. wanted to describe, predict, understand, and modify behavior. c. relied heavily on empirical evidence. d. wanted to know what motivated people's actions.