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You Would Predict That Brendon,an Internet User,would Be More Likely

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You would predict that Brendon,an Internet user,would be more likely to lie if he was using more words and more third-person pronouns in his correspondence with others.


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Intelligence

All-purpose ability to do well on cognitive tasks, to solve problems, and to learn from experience.

Genetics

The branch of biology that studies heredity and the variations in organisms caused by the transmission of genetic material from parents to offspring.

Illusory Correlation

This is the cognitive phenomenon of perceiving a relationship between variables (typically people, events, or behaviors) even when no such relationship exists.

Sunk Fallacy

A cognitive bias that compels people to continue investing in a project or decision based on the cumulative prior investment (time, money, resources), despite new evidence suggesting that the cost, moving forward, outweighs the expected benefit.

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