Shortly After You See a Missing-Child Poster You Are More

question 7

Multiple Choice

Shortly after you see a missing-child poster you are more likely to interpret an ambiguous adult-child interaction as a possible kidnapping. This best illustrates the impact of

• A) priming.
• B) chunking.
• C) source amnesia.
• D) repression.

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Definitions:

Least-Squares Regression

A statistical method to determine a line of best fit by minimizing the sum of squares of the distances of data points from the proposed line.

Sum Of Squares

A statistical measure that quantifies the variation or dispersion of a set of data points, by calculating the sum of the squared differences from the mean.

Best-Fitting Line

A line through a scatter plot of data points that best expresses the relationship between those points.

Observed Errors

The discrepancies between measured values and their true, expected, or theoretical values.