Asking Questions to Get the Answers We Want Is Known

question 39

Multiple Choice

Asking questions to get the answers we want is known as:

• A)availability heuristic.
• B)cherry-picking of evidence.
• C)confirmation bias.
• D)overconfidence.

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Definitions:

BDI-II

The Beck Depression Inventory-II, a widely used 21-item self-report inventory measuring the severity of depression.

Convergent Validity

The degree to which two measures of constructs that theoretically should be related, are in fact related.

Myers Briggs

A personality inventory based on Carl Jung's theories, categorizing individuals into 16 different personality types based on preferences in how they perceive the world and make decisions.

Psychological Types

A concept introduced by Carl Jung that categorizes individuals based on their preferences in processing information, making decisions, and energizing.