In the 1980s and 1990s, Many People Became Concerned That

question 46

Multiple Choice

In the 1980s and 1990s, many people became concerned that Satanic cults were abducting and abusing people, although no good evidence supported this claim. Some clinicians began to conduct workshops warning other clinicians about the dangers of Satanic ritual abuse and explaining how to identify repressed memories of Satanic ritual abuse they might observe. After much media attention, some clinicians began to identify many more cases of repressed memory of Satanic ritual abuse. The MOST likely reason for this great increase is that clinicians were making judgments based on the:

• A) representativeness heuristic.
• B) effects of contamination in their thinking.
• C) availability heuristic.
• D) anchoring and adjustment heuristic.

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Definitions:

Phenylketonuria

A genetic disorder resulting in an inability to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine, requiring a strict diet to prevent intellectual disability and other health problems.

PKU

Phenylketonuria, a rare inherited disorder that increases the levels of a substance called phenylalanine in the blood, requiring dietary management.

Normalization Principle

A principle advocating that people with disabilities should have living conditions akin to those of the rest of society.

FASD

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy.