Severing the connections between the amygdala and the _____ will result in the autonomic responses to fearful stimuli _____.

A physician is trying to convince a man that he must give up smoking. The man initially believes that the probability of lung cancer is increased by only 10% if he smokes. Why are decision-making heuristics relevant to this situation?

a. The situation will encourage the conjunction fallacy. b. The probability of an illusory correlation is increased. c. Familiarity distorts availability judgments. d. The man's estimate will be influenced by a low anchor.

The formula for the correlation coefficient, as we know it today, was devised by

a. Gibson b. Scarr c. Pearson d. Galton e. Edgeworth