Experiments Suggest That People

question 14

Multiple Choice

Experiments suggest that people:
(i) are over-confident about their own abilities
(ii) give too little weight to a small number of vivid observations
(iii) interpret evidence to confirm beliefs they already have

• A)(I) only
• B)(i) and (ii)
• C)(i) and (iii)
• D)(ii) and (iii)

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Definitions:

Social Change

The alteration over time in behavior patterns, cultural values, and norms of a society.

Cultural Diffusion

The process by which cultural beliefs, practices, and items spread from one society or culture to another.

Technological Determinism

The theory that technology is the principal factor driving societal changes and shaping societal structure and cultural values.

Globalization

The cultural and economic changes resulting from dramatically increased international trade and exchange in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.