During the Second World War, the Red Cross

question 152

Multiple Choice

During the Second World War, the Red Cross

• A) discovered the process for determining blood types.
• B) segregated blood plasma by race.
• C) offered its services, for the first time in its history, to soldiers wounded in battle.
• D) refused to accept blood donated by Japanese Americans.

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Definitions:

Representativeness Heuristic

The tendency to overestimate the likelihood that a target is part of a category if the person has features that seem representative of that category.

Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Halo Effect

A cognitive bias where a positive impression in one area influences a person's perception in other areas.

Bottom-up Processing

A way of processing information where perception starts with an analysis of the basic elements and builds up to a complete perception.