From Meteorite and Lunar Rock Samples, Astronomers Have Determined the Age

question 56

Multiple Choice

From meteorite and lunar rock samples, astronomers have determined the age of the Solar System to be ____.

• A) 4.6 million years
• B) 10 million years
• C) 2.4 billion years
• D) 4.6 billion years
• E) 8.4 billion years

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Definitions:

Insensitivity To Change

The failure to notice changes in one's environment or within a specific context, often because of gradual or subtle changes.

Evaluative Conditioning

A stimulus will become more liked or less liked when it is consistently paired with stimuli that are either positive or negative.

Spreading Attitude Effect

A liked or disliked person (or attitude object) may affect not only the evaluation of a second person directly associated but also others merely associated with the second person.

Automatic Activation

According to Fazio, attitudes that have a strong evaluative link to situational cues are more likely to automatically come to mind from memory.