Even though she knows that most people take much longer than they anticipate in finishing their dissertations (sometimes even years longer), Tyra is certain that she will be able to conduct her dissertation research, write up her dissertation, and defend it to her dissertation committee, all within nine months. She is sure that if she works hard she will be able to successfully finish on
schedule. Tyra appears to be ____.
a. subject to the planning fallacy
b. showing evidence of the Zeigarnik effect
c. subject to the omission bias
d. an entity theorist
A
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a. Limen b. Apperceptive mass c. Repression d. Psychic mechanics
In __________ processing, we construct a whole stimulus from its parts
A) parallel B) bottom-up C) perceptual set D) top-down
Illnesses that are aggravated by or primarily attributable to prolonged emotional stress or other psychological causes are called __________ disorders
FIll in the blank with correct word.
Sebastian is a negotiator for a large retail chain. During a negotiation for the best rate on pants, he gets into a heated argument with a supplier. Even though this supplier provides the highest quality, lowest cost pants, Sebastian refuses to do business with them and buys the pants for a more expensive rate elsewhere. What does this exemplify?
A. prospect theory B. rational economic thinking C. irrational economic thinking D. bounded rationality