Representativeness Refers to the Tendency to Insufficiently Alter a Judgment

question 32

True/False

Representativeness refers to the tendency to insufficiently alter a judgment away from some starting point when new information is received.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

A phenomenon in psychology where previously extinguished responses reappear after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a conditioned response after a period of apparent extinction or reduction in strength.

Extinction

In behavior psychology, the process through which a conditioned response decreases or disappears after repeated exposure without the unconditioned stimulus.

Guilty But Mentally Ill

A legal verdict indicating that the defendant is guilty of the charges but was suffering from mental illness at the time of the crime.