1.Jamal loves to do art.His teacher promises him that if he works extra hard on
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1.Jamal loves to do art.His teacher promises him that if he works extra hard on his art project this wek she will give him more recess time. Jamal does a good job on his project and gets extra recess tim. Next wek Jamal is likely to be:
a.less interested in his art project
b.more interested in his art project
c.less interested in his other subjects
d.more interested in other subjects
2.When evidence is not very incriminating, if a bare majority favor acquittal prior to dliberation, they will:
a.not b enough to prevent a conviction
b.usully stalemate a jury
c.usually prolong jury deliberation
d.usually prevail
3.The boss is pleased with the volume of sales that Joe has racked up for the company.Yet, owing ot his depressive explanatory styl, Joe is unhappy because he thinks his success has resulted from :
a.extra preparation
b.personal ambition
c.extraordinary effort
d.seasonal demand
4.Chris knows someone whose brother recieved a very lucrative contract t oplay professional basketball for the National Basketball Association (NBA).With this success story in mind, he ignores the statistics that indicate a vry low probability that anyon will make it to the NBA; for that mattr, he overestimates his own chances of making it.this scenario best illustrates:
a.the covariation principle
b.use of the representative heuristic
c.use of the availabilty heuristic
d.the two-stage attribution process.
5.Our beliefs sometimes lead us to act in ways that elicit their apparent confirmation. This gneral phenomenon is known as:
a.the effect of demand characteristics
b.expectancy biases
c.a self-fulfilling prophecy
d.the positive illusions effect
Explanation / Answer
1. b. more interested in his art project
In this case, "more recess time" is the reward offered to Jamal, it will have a positive reinforcement effect on Jamal to work for more on his Art subject.
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