You have anxiously been awaiting your favorite superhero movie to be released in theaters. However, 30 minutes in to the movie, you realize you hate it. Thinking about how expensive your ticket was, you still decide to stay and finish the movie. This is explained by which of our heuristics?

a. availability
b. representativeness
c. sunk cost
d. hindsight bias


c. sunk cost

Psychology

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An absolutist believes that truth

a. lies in the nature of reality, and that there is only one truth. b. is relative to the experiences of the thinker . c. does not exist. d. is stranger than fiction.

Psychology

The thalamus is located in the:

a. hindbrain b. midbrain c. peribrain d. forebrain

Psychology

When painting on a canvas, artists use ____ to create a depth perspective

a. ?monocular cues b. ?binocular cues c. ?both monocular and binocular cues d. ?neither monocular, nor binocular cues

Psychology

What technique can a researcher do to analyze data that is collected on different scales?

a. linear transformation b. summing squares c. plotting data on a scatter diagram d. calculating the means

Psychology