Nash, Wadem, and Brewer (2009) investigated what they termed the doctored evidence effect and propose all but one of these as a possible source of the effect. Which one did they not propose?

Six-year-old Sarah had been watching her older brother and sister in swim meets for several years. Sarah believed she was a good swimmer, too, and eagerly entered her first swim meet shortly after she turned 6

Bandura would say that __________ played a role in Sarah's desire to imitate her siblings. a. genetic factors c. punishment b. self-efficacy d. negative reinforcement

The authors of your text report that a college professor asked students to list either two or ten ways to improve the course. Because students used the availability heuristic, which group of students gave the professor the highest course ratings overall?

a. They were actually the same. b. the students who were asked to list ten improvements c. the students who were asked to list two improvements d. the students who skipped listing any improvements