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Which situation best illustrates instrumental aggression?
 
  a. When Buster finds out that his favorite television show has been preempted by the presidential debates, hekicks Gob, who just happens to be standing nearby.
 b. After getting fired from his job at the nuclear power plant, Homer pulls out his semi-automatic machine gunand shoots at the squirrels in his backyard.
 c. Karen pinches Grace until Grace finally moves out of the way so that Karen can get to the liquor cabinet.
  d. Edith stabs her husband Archie with a fork when she finds out that he totally forgot her birthday.

Question 2

Carol is asked to rate her husband in terms of how helpful he is with the household chores. Because she cannot think of a single instance of helpful behavior, she gives him a very low rating. Carol relied on ____ to make her judgment.
 
  a. counterfactual thinking
  b. the base-rate fallacy
  c. the availability heuristic
  d. a confirmation bias


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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Wow, this really help

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