If the Magnitude Difference Between One Star and Another Is

question 86

Multiple Choice

If the magnitude difference between one star and another is 5, the stars differ in brightness by a factor of

• A) 2.51.
• B) 10.
• C) 4.
• D) 100.

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Definitions:

Focus-of-Attention Bias

The tendency to pay more attention to certain stimuli or aspects of the environment over others, often affecting judgments and decisions.

Schema-Irrelevant

Information or stimuli that do not fit into an existing cognitive schema or framework, often requiring new schema to be developed or old ones to be modified.

Situational Attribution

A decision by an observer to attribute a behavior to environmental forces facing the person who performed it rather than to that person’s internal state. See also Dispositional attribution.

Dispositional Attribution

A decision by an observer to attribute a behavior to the internal state(s) of the person who performed it rather than to factors in that person’s environment.