The research on the framing effect suggests that
a. decisions are overly influenced by the availability heuristic.
b. the hindsight bias is more influential than the representativeness heuristic.
c. we tend to be overconfident about the accuracy of our decisions.
d. we are influenced by the wording of a question and the background information.
Ans: d
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a. restoration-oriented coping. b. love-oriented coping. c. resource-oriented coping. d. loss-oriented coping.
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a. "add" and "remove." b. "conditioned" and "unconditioned." c. "increase" and "decrease." d. "voluntary" and "involuntary." e. "new" and "familiar."
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