According to the Research and Discussion About Source Monitoring

question 26

Multiple Choice

According to the research and discussion about source monitoring,

• A) government agencies, corporations, and the media sometimes make source-monitoring errors.
• B) source-monitoring errors are generally easy to correct.
• C) people are almost always accurate in recognizing which ideas from an earlier session were actually their own.
• D) source monitoring occurs fairly often for visual information, but only rarely for auditory information.

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Definitions:

System I

A term often associated with fast, automatic, and intuitive thinking, as per dual-process theory in psychology.

System II

A cognitive unit or system in psychology that is responsible for deliberate, analytical, and effortful decision-making processes.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to take evidence that’s consistent with your beliefs more seriously than evidence inconsistent with your beliefs.

Availability Heuristic

The availability heuristic is a cognitive bias that relies on immediate examples that come to mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.