The More Time One Spends Exercising, the Less One Generally

question 35

Multiple Choice

The more time one spends exercising, the less one generally weighs. The correlation between time on a treadmill each month and overall body weight would represent a(n) correlation.

• A) positive
• B) zero
• C) negative
• D) causal

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Definitions:

Anchoring And Adjustment

A cognitive heuristic where individuals rely too heavily on an initial piece of information (anchor) when making decisions, adjusting insufficiently from that anchor.

Frame Dependence

The tendency of individuals to make different (and potentially inconsistent) decisions depending on how a question or problem is framed.

Aversion To Ambiguity

A preference to avoid uncertain or ambiguous situations, often reflected in decision-making processes.

Clustering Illusion

The cognitive bias of seeing patterns in random events.