Studies of Human Decision-Making Have Detected Systematic Mistakes That People

question 358

Multiple Choice

Studies of human decision-making have detected systematic mistakes that people make. Which of the following have been detected?

• A)people are overconfident
• B)people give too much weight to a small number of vivid observations
• C)people are reluctant to change their minds
• D)All of the above are correct.

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Definitions:

Monocots

A group of flowering plants (monocotyledons) with a single seed leaf, including grasses, lilies, and orchids, characterized by various structural features such as parallel leaf venation.

Rhizobia

Soil bacteria that fix nitrogen after becoming established inside root nodules of legumes.

Infection Threads

Filamentous structures formed by certain bacteria during the infection process of plant roots, facilitating microbial entry.

Legume

(1) A simple, dry fruit that develops from a single carpel and splits open at maturity along two sutures to release seeds. (2) Any member of the pea family (e.g., pea, bean, peanut, alfalfa).