Because of the Availability Heuristic, Jayne and Her Husband Are

question 116

Multiple Choice

Because of the availability heuristic, Jayne and her husband are most likely to exaggerate the risk to their children of ____________.

• A) depression
• B) delinquency
• C) being kidnapped
• D) asthma

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, triggers a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, innate reaction to a stimulus without prior learning or conditioning.

Positive Reinforcers

In behavioral psychology, stimuli that, when presented following a behavior, increase the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.