__________ is the tendency to overestimate our previous knowledge of situations
a. Belief perseverance
b. Overconfidence
c. Belief bias
d. Hindsight bias
Answer: D
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Dr. Malloy explains to his patient that a person's threatening thoughts are often repressed so that he or she will be of them. However, these repressed thoughts might "surface" in dreams, expressed emotions, or "slips of the tongue.". Dr. Malloy has just explained the ideas of which school of thought in psychology?
a. structuralism b. psychoanalytic psychology c. humanistic psychology d. Gestalt psychology
Jackson suffered a stroke that severely damaged his nucleus accumbens. How will that impact his behavior?
A. Jackson will be more likely to become addicted to stimulant drugs. B. Jackson will experience more relaxation from alcoholic beverages than he did before the stroke. C. Jackson will experience more euphoria from caffeinated beverages than he did before the stroke. D. Jackson will experience less euphoria from caffeinated beverages than he did before the stroke.
Karen considers two theories she studied in her college philosophy course. She determines that neither theory is entirely accurate, and she tries to formulate a more satisfying perspective that synthesizes contradictions. Karen is engaged in
A) pragmatic thought. B) dualistic thinking. C) relativistic thinking. D) commitment within relativistic thinking.
The notion that "mental patients are dangerous" is an example of a(n) __________.
A. self-fulfilling prophecy B. confirmation bias C. attitude D. stereotype