John had a terrific job interview, but thought it was a disaster because all he could focus on was the small stain he had on his tie. This is an example of
A) mental filtering
B) catastrophizing
C) overgeneralizing
D) personalizing
Answer: A
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A skewed distribution typically has _____ tail(s) and a normal distribution has ____ tail(s)
a. 1; 1 c. 2; 1 b. 1; 2 d. 2; 2
What does research indicate about the relationship between extramarital sex and divorce?
a. Extramarital sex is a strong predictor of divorce for both men and women. b. Extramarital sex is a strong predictor of divorce for men, but is unrelated to divorce for women. c. Extramarital sex is a strong predictor of divorce for women, but is unrelated to divorce for men. d. Extramarital sex is unrelated to divorce for both men and women.
Within a minute after birth, a typical infant
a. sees colors and can track slow-moving objects. b. sees colors but cannot track any moving objects. c. can visually track slow-moving objects but sees only in black/white (no color vision). d. cannot track any moving objects and sees only in black/white (no color vision).
Failing to consider the law of large numbers most likely results in errors concerning
A. confirmation bias. B. utility. C. the falsification principle. D. the representativeness heuristic.