A. the representativeness heuristic
B. framing
C. overconfidence
D. functional fixedness
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - Rowena expects to be rewarded by her parents with a major present, such as a new car, if she graduates from college with honors. Her resulting hard work in college best illustrates the_________theory of motivation.
A. instinct
B. drive reduction
C. incentive
D. evolutionary - Natasha claimed that her failure to get “A’s” in all her college courses meant she was incompetent. Her therapist calmly challenged this assertion, commenting, “By your strange calculations, well over 90 percent of all college students are incompetent!” The therapist’s response was most typical of a(n)______therapist.
A. eclectic
B. psychoanalytic
C. cognitive
D. behavior - The tendency for us to blame people and underestimate the environment for causing behavior is known as the:
A. Self-serving bias
B. Balance principle
C. Cognitive dissonance model
D. Fundamental attribution error - 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 - 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:
A. availability heuristic
B. belief perseverance phenomenon
C. framing effect
D. confirmation bias - The impact of over-learning on retention best illustrates the value of _________________?
A. the method of loci
B. automatic processing
C. chunking
D. rehearsal - 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 - 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 - Students who do better in high school tend to do better in college. This is an example of:
A. a negative correlation
B. a zero correlation
C. a positive correlation
D. a perfect correlation
