If You Are Asking Whether the Purpose of the Web

question 13

Multiple Choice

If you are asking whether the purpose of the Web site is stated and if the information is accurate, which criteria are you evaluating?

• A) Relevance and reliability
• B) Page layout
• C) Writing style
• D) Coverage

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Definitions:

Confirmation Biases

A natural tendency to look for, make sense of, value, and keep in mind details that confirm one's established beliefs or speculations.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency for observers to underestimate situational influences and overestimate dispositional traits when explaining others' behaviors.

Actor-Observer Bias

A tendency to attribute one's own actions to external causes while attributing others' actions to their internal characteristics.

Illusory Correlation

The perception of a relationship between two variables when no such relationship actually exists.