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In informal surveys, people always overestimate the number of lesbians who have AIDS. Lesbians actually have extremely low rates of AIDS, but people tend to associate lesbians with gay men (who have relatively high rates). Thus, people tend to think that they see a lesbian-AIDS relationship when in fact there is no such relationship. This is a good example of the ____.
 
  a. false consensus effect
  b. illusory correlation
  c. belief in a just world hypothesis
  d. contrast effect

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Law enforcement officers must often make judgments about whether individuals are lying. Research involving agents from the U.S. Secret Service, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency and Drug Enforcement Agency, as well as California police and judges, suggests that ____.
 
  a. federal law enforcement personnel are excellent at detecting lies, although state-level personnel are not
  b. only U.S. Secret Service agents can detect lies at a level better than chance
  c. while judges are excellent at detecting lies, law enforcement personnel, especially at the federal level, are not
  d. law enforcement personnel and others in the justice system uniformly perform levels no better than chance at detecting lies



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AISCAMPING

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B




stevenposner

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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