An admissions director for a college decides to keep the existing admissions policy since 80% of the students admitted eventually graduate. Unknown to her, 90 percent of the rejected applicants would also have been successful graduates

Her decision- making process is hampered by ______.
a. hill-climbing c. the availability heuristic
b. creating subgoals d. the representativeness heuristic

C

Psychology

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Even though he thought the Army Reserve's short hair regulation was silly, Ted really wanted the extra money Reserve duty provided to him, so he kept his hair short. This is an example of:

a. conformity. b. reactance. c. private acceptance. d. a role.

Psychology

What is the partial reinforcement effect?

a) learning under partial reinforcement is more difficult b) extinction after partial reinforcement is more difficult c) learning under continuous reinforcement is more difficult d) extinction after continuous reinforcement is more difficult

Psychology