When You Stare at a Blank Page or a Blank

question 7

Multiple Choice

When you stare at a blank page or a blank computer monitor without a clue of how to begin you are ________.

• A) engaging in free writing
• B) suffering from writer's block
• C) struggling with the perfectionist syndrome
• D) thinking aloud
• E) designing a professional format

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Framing Effect

The influence on decision making caused by the way information is presented, rather than the actual information itself.

Base-Rate Error

A cognitive bias where people misjudge the likelihood of an event by ignoring general prevalence.

Availability Heuristic

An intuitive thinking process that leverages readily available examples to evaluate a specific topic, concept, approach, or decision.