People are more likely to be influenced by case history information than by statistical evidence

Your sister and brother-in-law just had a baby. There were a bit confused because they were told that their baby had a score of 7 and then a 10. At first they were joking that that meant that their baby girl was very beautiful. What would you tell them?

a. Those were scores that all doctors and nurses use to indicate attractiveness of the newborn. b. Those scores were estimates of later intelligence and range from 1 to 10. c. Those were scores for the Apgar scale that ranges from 1 to 10. d. Those particular scores indicate how pink a neonate is.

The relatively poor ability of autistic persons to understand the emotional facial expressions of other persons is likely due to

a. overactivation of the fusiform face area. b. visual acuity problems. c. impaired activation of the fusiform face area. d. enhanced activity within the orbitofrontal cortex. e. an infection involving the corpus callosum.