When John Worries About Getting Bitten by a Shark When

question 12

Multiple Choice

When John worries about getting bitten by a shark when swimming at the beach, but doesn't worry about getting cancer from the cigarettes he smokes, he is:

• A) exaggerating the improbable.
• B) exhibiting confirmation bias.
• C) avoiding loss.
• D) exhibiting hindsight bias.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.