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Mimi

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Mike believes that men are generally better at math and engineering than are women. He also tends to think of women as being emotional and a bit soft. Mike recently met Karen, an attractive woman who is also a civil engineer.
 
  In most other respects, Karen fits Mike's ideas about women. Rather than revise his stereotype of women, Mike probably assumed that Karen represents a(n) ________. a) aberration
  b) schema
  c) recategorization
  d) subtype

Question 2

Sabiha is left-handed and prefers left-handed men. She is going to be introduced to Wilbur. Left-handers comprise about 10 percent of the population.
 
  She has been truthfully informed that Wilbur is either a left-handed Chinese psycholinguist or a left-handed used car salesman from the Midwestern region of the United States. If Sabiha makes good use of base rates, which of the following outcomes should she expect? a) Wilbur is a left-handed Chinese psycholinguist.
  b) Wilbur is a new car salesman from the Midwestern region of the United States.
  c) She has been misinformed about Wilbur's existence as a crude statistical prank.
  d) Wilbur is a used car salesman from the Midwestern region of the United States who also happens to be left-handed.



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stallen

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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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Mimi

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
:D TYSM


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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