Which of the Following Is the Best Example of Belief

question 141

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best example of belief perseverance?

• A) Terrence supports the war in Iraq. He does not like to watch any TV programming that is critical of the war.
• B) Charlie believes his MP3 player is in the medicine cabinet. Even after he has looked absolutely everywhere in the cabinet and found no evidence whatsoever of the player, he continues to believe this.
• C) Krista believes in ghosts. She says that she has seen them, and refuses to listen to anyone who wants to tell her otherwise.
• D) Although her chances of winning are extremely slim, Eve continues to hope that one day she will win the lottery.

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Definitions:

Inferential Statistics

A branch of statistics that allows us to make predictions or inferences about a population based on a sample of data.

Significance

The quality of being worthy of attention; importance.

Observed Difference

An observed difference refers to a noticeable disparity or variation between two or more entities, conditions, or data points, as discerned through observation or analysis.

Illusory Correlation

A cognitive bias that occurs when people perceive a relationship between two variables even when none exists, often leading to stereotyping or erroneous beliefs.