Dolores, a college freshman, has moved to a big city for the first time in her life. She is excited by the opportunity to explore the city, but is also anxious about what she read recently about street crime in one of the city's neighborhoods. In reality, she is more at risk of harm from reckless drivers. What heuristic is she applying is this situation?
a. representativeness heuristic
b. availability heuristic
c. affect heuristic
d. recognition heuristic
Ans: b. availability heuristic
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In Western cultures __________ spend more time with and interact more effectively with infants
A) single fathers who live with their child's mother B) happily married fathers whose partners cooperate with them in parenting C) divorced fathers who see their children every other weekend D) happily married fathers who hold traditional gender-role beliefs
According to Baumrind, do the two broad dimensions of childrearing interact?
a. No, they do not. b. Yes, parents can fall on either side of either continuum. c. If one is permissive, then one is also warm. d. There are no consistent dimensions of child-rearing.