On the Way to His Spring Break at the Ocean

question 97

Multiple Choice

On the way to his spring break at the ocean, Ben's flight was delayed 12 hours. Once on the beach he was disappointed that the condo was run-down and dirty. After the trip, Ben described his experience in nothing but positive terms. This accounting of the trip best reflects

• A) rosy retrospection.
• B) belief perseverance.
• C) confirmation bias.
• D) false memory.

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Definitions:

Lone Pairs

Paired valence electrons on an atom in a molecule that are not involved in bonding.

Condensed Structures

A method of writing the structure of a molecule in a simplified way, showing how atoms or groups are connected.

Compounds

Substances composed of two or more elements chemically bonded together.

Line-Angle Structure

A graphical representation of chemical structures wherein bonds between atoms are shown as lines, and atom junctions or line ends imply carbon atoms, streamlining the depiction of molecular structures.