You Are Telling a Joke to Your Friend Who Is

question 200

Multiple Choice

You are telling a joke to your friend who is laughing uproariously and then suddenly collapses to the floor. You are not surprised to later learn that he has a sleep disorder known as ???__________

• A) enuresis.
• B) narcolepsy.
• C) sleep terror.
• D) daytime insomnia.

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Definitions:

Self-Serving Bias

A common cognitive bias that causes individuals to see things in a way that favors themselves, often by attributing successes to personal skill and failures to external factors.

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Control

In experiments, the standard to which comparisons are made by keeping all variables constant except the one being tested.

Biased

Showing an unfair preference or prejudice for or against something or someone.