How Much Time Actually Elapses on the Clock Differs from the Way

question 107

Multiple Choice

How much time actually elapses on the clock differs from the way an individual perceives time passing. The individual's perception is called:

• A) experiential time.
• B) physiological time.
• C) psychological time.
• D) exponential time.

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to take evidence that’s consistent with your beliefs more seriously than evidence inconsistent with your beliefs.

Availability Heuristic

The availability heuristic is a cognitive bias that relies on immediate examples that come to mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut that people use to classify something as belonging to a certain category based on how similar it is to a typical case from that category.

Confirmation Bias

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