Alfonso sees a news story about a beautiful 22-year-old blond woman who just married an elderly billionaire. Alfonso feels that the woman married the billionaire for his money. Alfonso's explanation is an example of:
A. a fundamental perceptual error
B. an attribution
C. prejudice
D. discrimination
Answer: B
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All of the following are strategies to prevent groupthink EXCEPT
a. stating the problem factually. b. making it clear that group members will be held accountable for decisions. c. keeping the group small so a consensus can be reached more easily. d. encouraging second-chance meetings to rethink important decisions.
Tuan bought a new leather jacket after saving for many months for the luxury purchase. On the first day he went out wearing the new garment, he found a $50 bill on the sidewalk outside of his office. He now refers to the jacket as his "lucky jacket" and believes that it has some magical power to give him good fortune. Tuan's belief in the jacket's cosmic ability is an example of
A. the availability heuristic. B. an illusory correlation. C. selective attention. D. the falsification principle.
Why do the two lines in the M?ller-Lyer illusion appear to be of different lengths even though they are the same length?
A) Due to the principles of perceptual organization B) Due to the principles of the perception of motion C) Due to the principles of color consistencies D) Due to the principles of depth consistencies
What is the ratio of female to male sufferers of GAD?
E. 1:1 F. 2:1 G. 3:1 H. 4:1