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Chapter 3 - smart bookOur immediate knowledge of something without reasoning or analysis is identified as __________
judgment - correct answer ✔✔intuitive or snap
David prepares his cereal and accidentally puts the cereal away in the refrigerator and the milk in the
cupboard. David's action is an example of ______ thinking. - correct answer ✔✔automatic or impulsive
Heuristic can be defined as __ shortcuts - correct answer ✔✔mental
incompetence feeds - correct answer ✔✔overconfidence
when estimating chances for success on some future task, people's confidence is highest when the
moment of truth is __ away - correct answer ✔✔farther
Jonas was certain his computer program for grading classes was the best system to use. When others
tried to offer feedback, Jonas did not really listen. Jonas is displaying ______ bias. - correct answer
✔✔confirmation
In recent months, national media spent a lot of time on stories about gays and lesbians. Yesterday, you
conducted a poll asking people to estimate what percent of Americans are gay and lesbian. They results
indicate that people estimated 23% are gay and lesbian but actually only about 4.1% identify as gay or
lesbian. Why did people overestimate this percent? - correct answer ✔✔availability heuristics
Our system of heuristics allows us to use mental shortcuts to ______. - correct answer ✔✔form
impressions, make judgements, and invent explanations
Joey placed second in the state wrestling meet. He spent some time thinking about what might have
been if he had gotten one more take down. Joey is demonstrating ______ thinking. - correct answer
✔✔counterfactual
, the perception of a relationship where none exists or a perception of a stronger relationship than
actually exists is __ correlation - correct answer ✔✔illusory
Most students underestimate how long it will take to complete papers and other major assignments.
Students are not alone. Which of the following also describe issues with estimating? - correct answer
✔✔Stockbroker confidence that experts are overconfident they can beat the stock market average.
Planning fallacy that individuals overestimate how much we will get done and how much free time we
will have.
Political overconfidence in which overconfident decision makers can wreak havoc.
the tendency to presume that someone or something belongs to a particular group if it resembles a
typical member is __ heuristics - correct answer ✔✔representativeness
Being the person who actually rolls the dice or spins the wheel while gambling have higher confidence
than if they are just watching someone roll the dice or spin the wheel. What phenomena explains this? -
correct answer ✔✔illusory control
We tend to see our worlds through _______ glasses. - correct answer ✔✔belief-tinted
Jessica was told that "blonds have more fun" so she colored her hair blond and actually believed she was
meeting more people and that her social life improved. Jessica is an example of ______ thinking. -
correct answer ✔✔illusory
Using the belief perseverance policy, consider a person who has a risk-prone personality trait. He or she
would be most suited in which of the following occupations? (Select all that apply) - correct answer
✔✔police officer and firefighter
Repeated findings in experiments show that when witnessing an event and then repeatedly receiving
misleading information about that event, an individual will incorporate the errors into his or her
memory. This is referred to as the ______ effect. - correct answer ✔✔misinformation
We respond not to reality but to reality as we ______ it. - correct answer ✔✔construe
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