Assume That You Have a Drawer That Contains 19 Black

question 382

Multiple Choice

Assume that you have a drawer that contains 19 black socks and 13 blue socks. What is the minimum number of socks that you must take from the drawer to insure that you have a matching pair? The answer is 3 socks. Most people have difficulty determining the answer because

• A)they are distracted by irrelevant information
• B)of the belief bias
• C)they fail to apply deductive rules to new situations
• D)of a conflict with the availability heuristic

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Definitions:

War Of The Ghosts

refers to a study by Sir Frederic Bartlett that demonstrated how memory and recall are influenced by personal biases and cultural context, originating from an experiment involving the retelling of a Native American tale.

Shifted Toward

Changed or moved in a specific direction or position, often implying a change in focus or approach.

War Of The Ghosts

"War of the Ghosts" is an experiment by Frederic Bartlett that demonstrated how memory reconstruction is influenced by personal biases and cultural context.

False Memory

“Recollections” of “events” that never in fact occurred. See also recovered memory and repressed memory.