Exam 27: Thinking

Confirmation bias refers to the tendency to

Just passing by a person who sneezes and coughs heightens our perceptions of various health risks. This best illustrates the impact of

The confirmation bias refers to the tendency to

Business managers are often overly confident of their own hiring ability because they are more likely to monitor the successes of people they hired than the achievements of those they rejected. This illustrates that overconfidence may be facilitated by

Research findings suggest that the best advice to give people who want to avoid belief perseverance is

Some people are unable to arrange six matches to form four equilateral triangles because they fail to consider a three-dimensional arrangement. This best illustrates the effects of ________ on problem solving.

College students are more likely to use a condom when told that it has a 95 percent success rate than when told it has a 5 percent failure rate. This best illustrates the impact of

To find Tabasco sauce in a large grocery store, you could systematically search every shelf in every store aisle. This best illustrates problem solving by means of

During prior school years, Charlie found it easy to get away with cheating on his tests. Now its not so easy so Charlie spends as many hours devising new ways to cheat as it would take him to study and perform well in an honest fashion. Charlie's shortsightedness best illustrates the consequences of

Chimpanzee B watches Chimpanzee A obtain food either by sliding or by lifting a door. Chimpanzee B will then typically do the same to get food. And so will Chimpanzee C after observing Chimpanzee B. This sequence has been said to illustrate

Which of the following is an example of the use of heuristics?

Dean overestimates the proportion of family chores for which he takes sole responsibility because it's easier for him to recall what he has done than to recall what other family members have done. This best illustrates the impact of

As he attempted to spell the word receive, Tim reminded himself "i before e except after c." Tim's self-reminder best illustrates the use of

Forest-dwelling chimpanzees use a light, flexible stick for fishing for termites. This illustrates their naturally developed use of

A prototype is a

People are likely to take less time to recognize a woman as a nurse than a man as a nurse because a woman more closely resembles their nurse

People with opposing views of capital punishment reviewed mixed evidence regarding its effectiveness as a crime deterrent. As a result, their opposing views differed more strongly than ever. This best illustrates

Although intuition can at times hinder rationality, it is often adaptive because it facilitates

The use of heuristics rather than algorithms is most likely to

People are likely to detect male prejudice against females ________ easily than they detect female prejudice against males. They are likely to detect younger people's prejudice against older people ________ easily than they detect older people's prejudice against younger people.