The "Termites" in Lewis Terman's Study of Gifted Individuals Were

question 120

Multiple Choice

The "Termites" in Lewis Terman's study of gifted individuals were a group of

• A)creative thinkers.
• B)below average students.
• C)above average students.
• D)critical thinkers.

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Definitions:

Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive bias in decision-making where the likelihood of an event is estimated based on how much it resembles existing stereotypes or patterns.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive bias where people overestimate the importance or frequency of information that is readily available to them.

Anchoring and Adjustment Heuristic

A mental shortcut that influences the way people intuitively assess probabilities and make decisions based on initial information.

Escalation of Commitment

The phenomenon of investing increasingly more resources into a failing course of action due to cognitive biases and sunk costs.