People overestimate the frequency of deaths caused by shark attacks because they have seen scary movies about sharks. Psychologists call that reasoning error:

Q: Why is it important for students of behavioral research to understand statistics?

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Q: Why should we be cautious when interpreting many of the reports linking certain aspects of brain ana...

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Q: Is consciousness useful? What, if anything, can we do because of consciousness that we couldn’t do o...

A: Consciousness is a cognitive process that reflects the information processing in the central nervous...

Q: What does Heidegger means, “ Technology is not evil but the abuse of technology isharmful” ?

A: Martin Heidegger is a philosopher who explored the concept of Being. He also connected science and t...

Q: What effects does language acquisition have on cognitive development?

A: Cognitive development pertinent relating to language acquisition describes the growth and developmen...

Q: Give an example of a behavior that is learned and one that is not learned and then discuss how the b...

A: In psychology, behaviors are defined as activities involved by living organisms connected with their...

Q: List the 7 brainstorming strategies. Pick 3 and explain how they are done in greater detail.

A: Creativity has been an important area of exploration for psychologists and thus they have explained ...

Q: Larry is sitting on the sidelines at soccer practice because he stopped trying. He thought the other...

A: Humans have the ability to interpret their surroundings. They learn from their experiences and act a...

Q: what are the four major lobes of the brain and what are their purposes/functions?

A: The human brain is complex and responsible for major integral functions of our body , mind and behav...

Q: Journalist Dorothy Dix (1861-1951) once remarked, “Nobodywants to kiss when they are hungry.” How do...

A: In his theory of the hierarchy of needs, humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow describes five types...

Q: Most people cannot learn algebra until they are at least 12 years old. From the dynamic systems pers...

A: -Formal operational stage: In psychology, the term "formal operational stage" is described as one of...

Q: The attribution processes identifies a number of "biases" in the processes by which we perceive othe...

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Q: Could I get a quick summary, or description of each theory that are Attachment Theory, Social-histor...

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Q: Colin, who has suffered a psychotic break, is hearing voices. This symptom is referred to as _______...

A: Psychologists argue that it is essential to research/explore psychological disorders and various fac...

Q: Why is perception subjective, irrational and marred errors?

A: Perception is a complex cognitive process that is practiced in daily life. Sensory information is re...

Q: Maslow's hierarchy of needs is based on several assumptions, one of which is that only unsatisfied n...

A: Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a theory of motivation , which states five needs ranging from basic n...

Q: The goals with the greatest capacity to motivate a worker are the goals that are impossible to achie...

A: Goals are set up in order to motivate the person's behavior towards a specific direction or task. Th...

Q: In Posner's letter identification experiment, why does it take longer, on average, to detect the dif...

A: Posner along with his colleagues tried to understand how visual information in the brain is represen...

Q: eight ways to persuade someone in a face-to-face conversation.

A: Persuasion has been an important topic of exploration/research in the field of social psychology. Ba...

Q: How do sensation and perception relate to consciousness? write a Brief paragraph reflection of the s...

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Q: What's your thoughts about Games People play by Eric Berne. What do you think , “Most of the time pe...

A: Eric Berne's book on transactional analysis, "Games People Play" is a widely read book. The core pri...

Q: Which of the following factors do not contribute to resilience, and can in fact cause a child to suf...

A: Resilience refers to one's ability to cope in the life after facing a traumatic event.  This traumat...