After Watching a News Report of a Plane Crash, People

question 37

Multiple Choice

After watching a news report of a plane crash, people are more likely to overestimate the frequency of plane crashes in general. This error in judgment is due to:

• A) the representative heuristic
• B) the availability heuristic
• C) the false consensus effect
• D) confirmation bias

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Definitions:

Proactive Interference

The situation in which older memories disrupt the recall of later-formed memories.

Positive Transfer

The beneficial effect of prior learning on the acquisition of new skills or knowledge, where skills from one context enhance performance in another.

Conscious Attention

The focused and deliberate awareness and processing of the present moment or a specific stimulus.

Déjà Vu

The feeling of having already experienced the present situation, a phenomenon that's often mysterious and hard to explain.