Suppose that you are watching television just after a Congressional election, and your favorite candidate has won—although the election was close. You say to a friend, "Well, I was really quite confident that he would win." This might be an exam

a. a conjunction fallacy.
b. the framing effect.
c. the hindsight bias.
d. the representativeness heuristic.


Ans: c

Psychology

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which psychological view? a. psychodynamic b. cognitive c. humanistic d. behavioristic

Psychology

Analyze the U.S. legislation, the No Child Left Behind Act. Why was this policy established? What is the intended outcome?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

Which of the following tend not to be among the first words that children learn?

a. nouns c. objects that children can hold b. verbs d. words used in social interactions

Psychology

Applying a solution used for a past problem to a current problem that shares many similar features is __________

a) working backwards. b) the analogy heuristic. c) an algorithm. d) trial and error.

Psychology