A Ball Is Thrown Upwards and Caught When It Comes

question 23

Multiple Choice

A ball is thrown upwards and caught when it comes back down. In the presence of air resistance, the speed with which it is caught is always

• A) more than the speed it had when thrown upwards.
• B) the same as the speed it had when thrown upwards.
• C) less than the speed it had when thrown upwards.
• D) impossible to determine.

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Definitions:

Overestimation

The cognitive bias of assessing a quantity or quality as being larger, greater, or more important than it actually is.

Category

A general concept that classifies items, concepts, or ideas that share common characteristics.

Depersonalisation

The perception and treatment of self and others not as unique individual persons but as prototypical embodiments of a social group.

Ingroup Prototype

The most representative or ideal example of the characteristics and behaviors of an ingroup, serving as a standard or model for group members.