The planning fallacy refers to the tendency to
a. be unrealistically pessimistic about someone else's ability to perform a task.
b. be unrealistically optimistic about how quickly you can complete a project.
c. overestimate how much time you need to complete a project.
d. overestimate how much time another person needs to complete a project.
b. be unrealistically optimistic about how quickly you can complete a project.
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The idea that events occurring close together in time become linked in the brain is called _____.
A. the law of contiguity B. higher-order conditioning C. spontaneous recovery D. conditional timing
The notion that accumulated experience is associated with wisdom was investigated by
Smith and Baltes (1990). In their research, they found that of 240 German respondents a. only 11 scored in the "wise" category and those meeting the criteria for wisdom were not necessarily older. b. nearly 89 percent scored in the "wise" category and those meeting the criteria for wisdom were indeed older. c. about half scored in the "wise" category and those meeting the criteria for wisdom were not necessarily older. d. about half scored in the "wise" category and those meeting the criteria for wisdom were indeed older.
The early perspective called Gestalt psychology has evolved into the current perspective called ________
a) psychoanalysis b) cognitive psychology c) behavioral psychology d) social psychology
In which religion is a lamp lit and incense burned continuously upon death?
a. Judaism b. Hinduism c. Buddhism d. Christianity