Research on the Use of Biases and Heuristics Has Shown

question 41

Multiple Choice

Research on the use of biases and heuristics has shown that clinicians tend to over-predict the violence of

• A)black psychiatric inpatients and male patients.
• B)black prison inmates and female patients.
• C)white prison inmates and female patients.
• D)white prison inmates and male patients.

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Definitions:

Interposition

A visual cue in which one object partially obstructs another, allowing the observer to perceive depth and relative distance.

Linear Perspective

A technique in art and design that creates the illusion of depth and distance using converging parallel lines.

Retinal Disparity

A visual cue to depth perception that arises from the slightly different images of the world seen by each of the two eyes.

Parallel Lines

Lines in a plane that never meet, no matter how far they are extended.