In multiple regression the intercept is usually denoted as

How could the illusory-correlation effect produce a stereotype?

a. People use the prospect theory to predict the likelihood of the stereotype. b. People use the representativeness heuristic to determine whether a particular stereotype seems likely for a particular group of people. c. People pay too much attention to a group of people who have a particular combination of characteristics, and they ignore the other three possible combinations of characteristics. d. People overemphasize the estimate provided by anchor, and they pay too little attention to bottom-up processing.

What causes the "blind spot" in the vision of both eyes?

a) the inconsistent surface of the cornea b) the folded area of the fovea that occurs where the cones are the most dense c) the optic nerve passing through the retina as it leaves the eye d) the concentration of ganglion cells in the center of the optic nerve blocking light