You Don't Particularly Like to Shop So Only Go to the Mall

question 2

Multiple Choice

You don't particularly like to shop so only go to the mall once a month.To help make the trek more enjoyable,you always have lunch at the restaurant located inside the mall.Since you are such a creature of habit,you always order the same meal.You've noticed that the price of that meal has increased every time you have been there over the past six months.Thus,you expect the meal to increase in price next month.This is an example of which one of the following?

• A)recency bias
• B)anchoring and adjustment
• C)frame dependence
• D)aversion to ambiguity
• E)clustering illusion

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Definitions:

Feature Detection

A process in the brain that involves identifying specific elements of visuals, such as lines, edges, or movement, to interpret what is seen.

Audition

The sense or act of hearing.

Absolute Threshold

The minimum intensity of a stimulus required to be detectable by a sensory system 50% of the time.

Foveal Region

The central portion of the retina, where visual acuity (sharpness of vision) is highest, enabling detailed vision.