Which of these generalizations about decision making is false?
(a) People often produce relatively few options for action, even in situations
in which many options could be produced
(b) People often consider too many possible states of the world
(c) People assess frequencies and probabilities of events by using a set of
rules of thumb which usually work pretty well, but which sometimes
produce wildly inappropriate results
(d) People's assessments of utilities are affected by the measuring instrument
B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Once declarative memories are formed, they appear to be stored in which part of the brain?
a. cerebral cortex b. cerebellum c. hypothalamus d. basal ganglia
Cialdini and colleagues (1975) found that students who were first asked to volunteer for two years, and then asked to volunteer for a two hour trip to the zoo with juvenile delinquents were significantly more likely to agree to the zoo, request than were students just asked to do the zoo trip. They labeled this the:
a. foot-in-the-door effect b. low balling c. social conformity d. door-in-the-face effect
When we pursue goals, especially challenging ones that we are able to master through deploying our greatest strengths, we experience flow. This process of ____ leads to merging our consciousness with the event
a. decentering c. accepting b. engagement d. strengthening