PSYA01H3 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Functional Fixedness, Analgesic, Zeitgeist
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Descriptive statistics are used by researchers to understand the "big picture" portrayed by research results: after the 1800"s it became acceptable for psychologists to study human behaviour. This change in time- and culture-bound beliefs reflects a new ___. Availability heuristic: as images of the planes crashing into the world trade. Bilingual children have a smaller vocabulary in each language: before leaving for class, fred watches a video about the negative consequences of mindless snacking. After returning from class, fred goes to pick up a bag of chips. However, before he is about to pick up the bag of chips he stops and decides not to eat chips anymore. Watching the video of the negative consequences of mindless eating primed. Fred to stop his actions when he found himself attempting to mindlessly snack: mary has broken her leg in a skiing accident, and at the hospital she is given a painkiller.
