Michelle studied hard for her sociology test but seems to have focused on the wrong materials. When she looks at her test, she notices that the material she failed to study (and thus did poorly on) was in areas related to her professor's research. She immediately tells herself that she should have known that, since she has had other professors who tested more and in more detail on material
related to their research interests. Michelle is experiencing ____.
a. overconfidence
b. the framing effect
c. the illusory correlation
d. the hindsight bias
d
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Refer to Exhibit 7-11. The F ratio for interaction is
a. 0. c. 3.78. b. 11.38. d. None of these.
Angelina is comparing decimal numbers. She writes "0.4 < 0.325." Your response would be:
a. "That's great! You really understand decimals!" b. "Tell me how you got your answer." c. "You made an error; .4 is greater than .325." d. "Try that problem over again."
Perry's theory of moral reasoning is grounded in
a. Social development. b. Cognitive development. c. Physical development. d. Emotional development.
_____________________________ is the scale used to evaluate afterschool programs.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).