Research Summarized in Your Textbook Suggests That a Sense of Control

question 90

Multiple Choice

Research summarized in your textbook suggests that a sense of control is more valued in ________ cultures.

• A) Western
• B) collectivist
• C) East Asian
• D) industrialized

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to interpret, seek out, and create information that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Unintended Racism

Racial prejudice and discrimination that occur unintentionally, often as a result of implicit biases.

Representativeness Heuristic

Estimating the likelihood of events in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes; may lead us to ignore other relevant information.

Availability Heuristic

Estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory; if instances come readily to mind (perhaps because of their vividness), we presume such events are common.