Which Statement BEST Illustrates Overestimating the Variability Between Categories

question 220

Multiple Choice

Which statement BEST illustrates overestimating the variability between categories?

• A)Feminists and gay rights advocates are both socially liberal.
• B)Football and basketball players are both physically strong.
• C)European Americans have higher standardized intelligence scores than do African Americans.
• D)Similar core personality traits are observed in individualistic and collectivist cultures.

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Definitions:

Retrieval Cues

Stimuli or prompts that aid in the recall of memories, helping to access information stored in long-term memory.

Effective Retrieval

The successful recall or recovery of information from memory when it is needed.

Memory Consolidation

The process by which short-term memories are converted into long-term memories, stabilizing and organizing them for long-term storage.

LTP

Long-Term Potentiation, a lasting enhancement in signal transmission between two neurons that results from stimulating them simultaneously; considered one of the cellular mechanisms that underlies learning and memory.