In the absence of full and accurate information, people often make decisions based on whatever information is most readily available, even though this information may not be accurate. This process of decision-making is called ______

a. compensatory modeling c. the availability heuristic
b. hill-climbing d. the representativeness heuristic

C

Psychology

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The chemicals that relay signals across the synapses between neurons are called:

a) Vesicles b) action potentials c) Neurotransmitters d) agonists

Psychology

A study conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health revealed that when participants received a message about safe sex practices in a discussion format, they changed their sexual practices. In this study, the independent variable was

a. a subject variable. b. a situational variable. c. an instructional variable. d. a measured variable.

Psychology