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Evolutionary theorists maintain that many human errors in reasoning would vanish if ther problems are presented in terms of

A) base rates and probabilities, rather than raw frequencies.
B) both raw frequencies and base rates.
C) neither raw frequencies nor base rates.
D) raw frequencies, rather than base rates and probabilities.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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When using elimination by aspects to choose between different alternatives,it is best to evaluate the ____________________ aspect first.

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Even though he knows only a small percentage of high school athletes go on to professional careers,Charlie believes that he will receive a scholarship to play football in college and then will have a career in the NFL.Charlie is

Compare and contrast the behaviorist,nativist,and interactionist perspectives on language acquisition.

Which of the following situations would lead you to suspect that the child has a language development problem?

Which of the following has NOT been described as a language-related behavior exhibited by Savage-Rumbauugh's star pupil,the chimpanzee Kanzi?

The ____________________ is the belief that the odds of an uncertain event increase when the event has not occurred recently.

A child who uses "wented" as the past tense of the verb "to go"

List and describe the three types of problems proposed by Greeno.

Sue Savage-Rumbaugh's work with bonobo pygmy chimpanzees suggests that some animals may be capable of genuine language acquisition.

Ashley is just starting to show signs of understanding the meanings of familiar words.Based on research that has investigated milestones in language development,you should expect that Ashley is approximately

The fact that language has rules that govern the arrangement of words into phrases and sentences refers to the

Incorrectly estimating that the odds of two uncertain events happening together are greater than the odds of either event happening alone is known as the

Our ability to reason constitutes primarily

Two-year-old Owen rushes into the kitchen and tells his sister: "Baby throw.Baby bad." He wants her to know that his baby brother is bad because he just threw his toys on the floor.Owen's communication illustrates the use of

Explain the factors that individuals typically consider in risky decision-making.

Claude and Marie are excited because they have just bought a restaurant from the previous owners.The two partners know that the last seven restaurants that have been operated at that location have gone bankrupt within a year of their openings,but Claude and Marie are certain their restaurant will be successful because they plan on working hard.In this case,the two new business partners are

Herbert Simon's theory of bounded rationality asserts that people's reliance on simple decision-making strategies often results in suboptimal decisions.

Greeno referred to problems where individuals need to carry out a sequence of changes in order to reach a specific goal as an example of a problem of

Elisa is entering survey data from adult males in a research study.One respondent has listed his height as 6 feet 5 inches,but the occupation is hard to decipher.Elisa thinks it might be basketball player or bank president.She decides to enter basketball player as the occupation.In this case,Elisa