In One Study by Dias and Colleagues (1996) Animals Learned

question 30

Multiple Choice

In one study by Dias and colleagues (1996) animals learned to discriminate between compound stimuli of polygons and lines, by attending to one and ignoring the other. This was followed by a change in the discrimination task requirements. This shift is known as ______.

• A) perseveration
• B) temporal order
• C) rule shifting
• D) temporal contiguity

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Definitions:

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it, also known as the "I-knew-it-all-along" effect.

Overestimate

To assess something as greater, larger, or more important than it actually is.

Predicted

Expected or forecasted based on current data or trends.

Mental Set

A tendency to approach situations in a certain way because that method worked in the past.