The day after the Supreme Court issued a decision on a particular divisive issue, the Senate and House pass a bill that is unpopular with the same segment of the population that was unhappy with the Supreme Court decision. The disgruntled segment of the population then claims that the decision was issued at this particular time to distract people from the bill's passage. This assumption reflects
____.
a. confirmation bias
b. the gambler's fallacy
c. the conjunction fallacy
d. illusory correlation
D
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The so-called "certainty effect" in decision-making refers to tendency for people to give greater weight to ____ than to ____
a. definite outcomes; probabilities b. possible positive outcomes; possible negative outcomes c. immediate (soon-to-happen) outcomes; future (far off) outcomes d. common outcomes; rare outcomes
Compared to Ph.D.'s, master's level graduates are less often employed by:
a. universities b. consulting firms c. the private industry d. the public sector
The goal of which type of therapy is to lead clients to a deeper understanding of the origins of their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors?
a. directive b. nondirective c. action d. insight
Someone wearing night-vision goggles can detect:
A) gamma rays. B) radio waves. C) ultraviolet waves. D) infrared waves.