Many important public works projects run over time and over budget. This is likely related to what concept?
A. upward counterfactual thinking
B. optimistic bias
C. magical thinking
D. planning fallacy
Answer: D
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a. ?The factors leading to internal or external attributions are the same all over the world. b. ?Attributional differences between two cultures are generally not due to cultural experiences. c. ?Experimental results from European American cultures tend to generalize to all cultures. d. ?Differences in attribution may help to explain cross-cultural misunderstandings.
Asch's laboratory studies involving conformity in people's judgments of the lengths of lines appear to have been low in ______ but very high in _______
A) mundane realism; experimental realism B) experimental realism; mundane realism C) internal validity; external validity D) objective realism; subjective realism
Robert's mother pours a cup of milk for him and then realizes that the cup has a small chip in the rim. Not wanting her son to cut his lip, she pours the milk into another cup. The second cup happens to be shorter and wider than the first cup
Robert is upset because he thinks that he has less milk. Explain Robert's behavior using your knowledge of Piaget's stages of cognitive development. What will be an ideal response?
The place theory of pitch suggests that pitch is determined by the ________
a) specific location where hair cells are stimulated b) number of hair cells that are stimulated c) size of the hair cells that are stimulated d) degree of bend in the stimulated hair cells