A Technique Used to Promote Cooperation That Involves Students Working

question 21

Multiple Choice

A technique used to promote cooperation that involves students working together in small, ethnically diverse groups on a mutual project is called the:

• A)foot-in-the-door technique.
• B)jigsaw classroom technique.
• C)conform-to-the-norm technique.
• D)the in-group bias effect.

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to focus on information relevant to a belief and ignoring or downplaying information that is inconsistent with that belief.

Anchoring and Adjustment

A cognitive bias where individuals rely too heavily on an initial piece of information (the "anchor") when making decisions, with adjustments made too conservatively.

Representativeness

A cognitive heuristic where an individual judges the probability or frequency of an event by how much the event resembles the typical case.

Availability

The state of being able to be used or obtained; accessibility.