A. farming effect
B. the gambler’s fallacy
C. functional fixedness
D. the conjunction fallacy
Related Mcqs:
- According to Wolfgang Kohler, when one of his chimps fastened two sticks together to reach a bunch of bananas, it was showing an evidence of _________________?
A. trial-and-error learning
B. a fixed-action pattern
C. instinctual drift
D. insight - If people give logical and intelligent reasons why they shouldn’t change their attitudes, it is called:
A. distorting the argument
B. rejecting the source
C. rationalizing the argument
D. refuting the argument - In the 1957 Sidney Lumet film Twelve Angry Men, 12 jurors have to decide over the guilt or innocence of a young man changed with the murder of his father. At the outset, all but one of the jurors are convinced of the youth’s guilt. The lone juror (played by Henry Fond (a) actively attempts to change their minds, standing firm, committed self-confident and unwavering. One by one the other jurors change sides, until in the end they all agree that the accused in not guilty. Which form of social influence is this an example of?
A. Conformity
B. Minority influence
C. Normative influence
D. Informational influence - In the 1957 Sidney Lumet film Twelve Angry Men, 12 jurors have to decide over the guilt or innocence of a young man changed with the murder of his father. At the outset, all but one of the jurors are convinced of the youth’s guilt. The lone juror (played by Henry Fond (a) actively attempts to change their minds, standing firm, committed self-confident and unwavering. One by one the other jurors change sides, until in the end they all agree that the accused in not guilty. Which form of social influence is this an example of?
A. Conformity
B. Minority influence
C. Normative influence
D. Informational influence - Aima just upgraded her software package. However, even though the updated version contains a number of more efficient methods for working with files, Aima continues to work with files the way she did before the upgrade. In this case, Aima is showing evidence of:
A. functional fixedness
B. belief perseverance
C. the availability heuristic
D. mental set - The reporting of conceptual enquiry style of research can take a variety of formats. it usually involves persuasion based on a preferred basis (e.g. discovery learning), use of examples showing the effectiveness of the new idea, and often____________or other evidence:
A. Psychological
B. Technological
C. Logical
D. Strong - Dilawar is taking personality test in which he is shown a series of simple scenes. He is supported to tell a story about what is happening in each scene and suggest what the characters are feeling. The test that Dilawar is taking is the:
A. Sixteen Personality Factor (16 PF) naira
B. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
C. Rorschach test
D. Edwards Personal Preference schedule - A teacher is involved in such an activity he can identify clearly with what is taking place. Anyone outside the action has_________comprehending what is taking place:
A. Approach
B. Convenience
C. Difficulty
D. Quality - Babar has never met Marriam but he is convinced that she is deeply in love with him. Babar is suffering from:
A. grandiose delusions
B. jealous delusions
C. obsessive – compulsive disorder
D. erotomanic delusions - Rais just came back from seeing a neurologist. Rais tells you that he will be having a test in which images of his brain will be recorded after radioactive chemicals have been injected into his chemicals have been injected into his bloodstream. However, Rais can’t remember the actual name of the test. it appears that his neurologist is planning:
A. an electroencephalograph (EEG) recording
B. a positron emission tomography (PET) scan
C. a computerized tomography(CT) scan
D. a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan
