Marceau Is Studying Small Single-Celled Organisms That Contain Phospholipid Membranes

question 18

Multiple Choice

Marceau is studying small single-celled organisms that contain phospholipid membranes.These organisms can be broadly classified into the domain:

• A)Bacteria
• B)Animalia
• C)Fungi
• D)Protista

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to favor, interpret, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut that involves judging the probability of an event by its similarity to a prototype or an example that comes to mind, rather than on objective probability.

Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Confirmation Bias

The propensity to find, interpret, choose, and recollect details in a way that corroborates the existing beliefs or hypotheses of a person.