A single, memorable case of welfare fraud has a greater impact on estimates of the frequency of welfare abuse than do statistics showing that this case is actually the exception to the rule. This illustrates that judgments are influenced by the:

Related Mcqs:

1. As the evidence accumulates, a broad consensus has been reached regarding the characteristics of treatments that impact on offending. But which of the following is actually one of those characteristics?

   A. Indiscriminate targeting of treatment programs helps to reduce recidivism
   B. The type of treatment program is important, with stronger evidence for unstructured behavioral and multi- model approaches
   C. The most successful studies behavioral in nature, include a cognitive component
   D. The most effective programs have low treatment integrity

2. On Monday, the meteorologist forecast a 20 percent chance of rain, so Sharmila took her umbrella to work. On Friday, he reported an 80 percent chance than it would not rain, so Sharmila left her umbrella at home. Sharmila’s behavior illustrates the impact of:

   A. the representative heuristic
   B. the belief perseverance phenomenon
   C. overconfidence
   D. the framing effect

3. College students routinely underestimate how much time it was take them to complete assigned course projects. This best illustrates the impact of:

   A. the representativeness heuristic
   B. framing
   C. overconfidence
   D. functional fixedness

4. Because Ken is 6 6, people often mistakenly assume that he must be a member of his college’s basketball team. The mistaken judgement best illustrates the impact of:

   A. the availability heuristic
   B. confirmation bias
   C. the representativeness heuristic
   D. the belief perseverance phenomenon

5. Carlos is so friendly and likable that is job supervisors and co-workers often appraise his work skills and performance more positively than is actually warranted. This best illustrates evaluators’ vulnerability to:

   A. halo errors
   B. the experience of flow
   C. homeostasis
   D. homeostasis

6. The impact of over-learning on retention best illustrates the value of _________________?

   A. the method of loci
   B. automatic processing
   C. chunking
   D. rehearsal

7. After she received a free hand- painted Christmas ornament from a religious organization, Mrs. Montevecchi felt obligated to mail a cash donation to the organization, Her response to the free gift best illustrates the impact of:

   A. the fundamental attribution error
   B. the just- world phenomenon
   C. the mere exposure effect
   D. the reciprocity norm

8. The perception of a humanlike face in the random configurations of the lunar landscape best illustrates the impact of______on visual perception.

   A. Perceptual schemas
   B. Relative clarity
   C. Shape constancy
   D. Stroboscopic movement

9. In some countries, it is normal to defecate or urinate in public. This makes it clear that judgments of the normality of behavior are:

   A. culturally relative
   B. statistical
   C. a matter of subjective discomfort
   D. related to conformity

10. Cross-cultural research in judgments of body size suggests that Americans tend to rate the ideal body______than they do in other countries.

    A. Father
    B. Skinner
    C. Taller
    D. Shorter