You Can Either Take the Bus or a Taxi to Your

question 157

Multiple Choice

You can either take the bus or a taxi to your friend's house, and you decide on the bus. After waiting at the bus stop for fifteen minutes, a taxi passes by, but you continue to wait for the bus, having waited so long already. Your decision is influenced by the

• A) sunk cost effect.
• B) availability heuristic.
• C) confirmation bias.
• D) demand characteristic.

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Definitions:

Goals Of Psychology

The aims of psychology are to describe, explain, predict, and control behavior and mental processes.

Describe

The act of giving a detailed account or explanation of the characteristics, properties, or attributes of something.

Predict

The act of making an educated guess about the future based on current knowledge, data, or patterns.

Influence

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something.