Mr Brown Missed His Flight by Five Minutes

question 144

Multiple Choice

Mr. Brown missed his flight by five minutes. "If only I hadn't misplaced my cell phone on the way out of the house . . . .Why couldn't the cabbie have taken the expressway instead of Forest Boulevard . . . I wish we hadn't got stuck behind that bus on 14th . . ," Mr. Brown keeps thinking. Mr. Brown is demonstrating:

• A)counterfactual thinking
• B)the confirmation bias
• C)source monitoring processes
• D)the saliency bias

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Definitions:

Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants, algae, and some bacteria convert light energy, typically from the sun, into chemical energy stored in glucose, using carbon dioxide and water.

Protocells

Simple, primitive cells believed to be the precursors to modern cells, consisting of a lipid bilayer membrane enclosing basic molecular components.

Lipid Membrane

A bi-layer structure forming the outer boundary of cells, composed mainly of lipids and proteins.

Aerobic Bacteria

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