Marnie Attends Very Closely to the English Teacher's Lecture Because

question 67

Multiple Choice

Marnie attends very closely to the English teacher's lecture because she knows she must pass her English course in order to graduate. Marnie's attentiveness demonstrates the effect of _______ on attention.

• A) stimulus intensity
• B) personal significance
• C) emotion
• D) incongruity

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Definitions:

Diagnosis

The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem through examination of the symptoms and sometimes involving diagnostic tests.

Anchoring Effect

A cognitive bias where individuals rely too heavily on an initial piece of information (the "anchor") when making decisions.

Base Rate Fallacy

A cognitive bias where individuals misjudge the likelihood of an event due to ignoring general statistical information in favor of specific information.

Availability Heuristic

describes a cognitive bias where individuals estimate the likelihood of an event based on how easily examples come to mind.