After the disaster of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, many people come forward and said that they knew that the levees in New Orleans should have been built stronger, and that they just knew that a catastrophe like this was coming

In research this is known as the __________.
a. false consensus effect
b. hindsight bias
c. critical error
d. empirical fallacy


Answer: B

Psychology

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What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

The ____ argues that activities during the day deplete key factors in our brain that must be replenished by sleeping.

A. adaptive theory B. repair theory C. deprivation theory D. activation-synthesis theory

Psychology

Family therapists stress expressed emotion to ease

a. overinvolvement. b. criticism. c. hostility among family members. d. all of the above are the focus of family therapists.

Psychology

Congenital adrenal _______________ is a disorder that results in females having male-like genitalia

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology