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The ________ heuristic is a mental shortcut for judging the likelihood of category membership based on the similarity between a new example and existing category members.

Because health psychology brings together researchers from a number of different fields, such as physiology, psychology, and medicine, it is often referred to as a(n) ________ field.

Your parents are in their mid-60s and are concerned about losing their cognitive function as they develop into late adulthood. What information you can give them based on the findings of developmental psychology?

A psychologist would NOT include a person’s ________ in the social portion of the biopsychosocial model.

According to one study, children’s IQ scores increased after they were removed from abusive households and placed with adoptive families. However, children placed with certain families had their IQ scores increase more dramatically than those placed with other families. What family characteristic was found to be associated with these differences?

The ________ heuristic is a mental shortcut for judging the likelihood of category membership based on the similarity between a new example and existing category members.

In one study mentioned in your textbook, nuns who expressed the highest levels of ________ in their diaries lived an average of seven years longer than those who expressed lower levels.

Raymond scores very low on traditional IQ tests, but appears to have perfect pitch and can recreate complex concertos on the piano after hearing them just once. Raymond most likely has ________ syndrome.

What do overregularization errors indicate about children?

Angie wants to maximize her infant’s rate of motor development but is also fearful of sudden infant death syndrome. What should she do?