The Following Is a List of Statements About Human Biases

question 6

Multiple Choice

The following is a list of statements about human biases in interpreting information.Which one is NOT true?

• A)People think that the more accurate the information is, the more informative it is.
• B)People seldom think clearly about very unlikely events.
• C)People are not influenced by how the information looks.
• D)People tend to anchor their judgments on some initial point of reference, whether it is relevant to the task or not.
• E)People do not like to appear ignorant.

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Definitions:

Rewards and Punishments

Behavioral tools used to reinforce desired behaviors or diminish undesired ones, often employed in educational and developmental contexts.

Learning

A relatively permanent change in behavior brought about by making associations between behavior and events in the environment.

Psychosexual Stages

A theory by Freud describing the stages of a child's development from birth to adulthood, through which sexual energy (libido) is focused on different erogenous zones.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who is known for founding psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.