You are the commissioner of a state lottery system that sponsors daily and weekly drawings.
Lottery tickets have not been selling well over the past few months. Describe four ways you
could take advantage of people's use of the availability heuristic to boost sales. Explain why you
would judge your tactics to be fair or unfair to your customers.
Answer
After returning from a shopping trip with his mother, little Tommy reported, “I goed to the store and
eated candy.” Why might a behaviorist such as B. F. Skinner have had some difficulty explaining
Tommy's incorrect grammatical construction? What does his error suggest about the process of
language acquisition?
A classmate makes the following claim: “Despite numerous federally funded Head Start
programs and nationwide efforts to desegregate public schools, Blacks continue to lag behind
their White counterparts in intelligence and academic achievement. Clearly, Black Americans
must be genetically inferior to White Americans.” Use research evidence and logical arguments
to intelligently refute your classmate's statement.
Answer
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