People Often Cancel Their Plane Tickets When There Is a News

question 130

Multiple Choice

People often cancel their plane tickets when there is a news report about a plane crash, even though crashes are very rare. This behaviour is based on

• A) hindsight bias.
• B) mental sets.
• C) the availability heuristic.
• D) thin slicing.

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Definitions:

Rosenhan

Rosenhan was a psychologist known for his famous study "On Being Sane in Insane Places," which challenged the validity of psychiatric diagnoses by showing how healthy individuals could be admitted to psychiatric hospitals as patients.

Pseudo-Patients

Individuals who do not have a psychiatric disorder but pretend to have one for the purpose of a study or to test the diagnostic accuracy of psychiatric facilities.

Psychiatric Diagnosis

The process by which a skilled mental health professional identifies and categorizes mental health disorders based on symptom patterns and diagnostic criteria.