An optimist says the glass is half full, and the pessimist says it is half empty. Each of these points of view illustrates the

a. representativeness heuristic. c. anchoring and adjustment heuristic.
b. availability heuristic. d. power of divergent thinking.


C

Psychology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

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a. ?modernist b. ?postmodernist c. ?skeptic d. ?existentialist

Psychology

At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Symposium on Information Theory, George Miller presented a paper suggesting that

A. the human ability to process information is unlimited. B. there are limits to the human ability to process information. C. intelligent machines can be successfully created. D. memory consolidation is enhanced by REM sleep.

Psychology