After his football team wins a close game on a very risky play that rarely worked, Greg says, "I KNEW that play would win the game for us." In reality, he wasn't at all sure it would work until after the play was completed
His thinking is an example of ______.
a. the confirmation bias c. framing
b. counterfactual thinking d. hindsight bias
D
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
With regard to a child's temperament, the child's long-term adjustment depends on the __________ of their particular temperament and the nature and demands of their environment.
A. time of emergence B. goodness-of-fit C. intensity D. persistence
Research on the STAI, which measures two components of anxiety, would seem to indicate
a. that the psychometric properties of the test are poor. b. each component is measuring a different aspect of anxiety. c. the two components are measuring the same thing. d. that the factor structure of the test does not hold up in Japanese culture.
The first few and last few items in a series are more likely to be recalled than are the items in the middle, a phenomenon termed the _____ effect.
A) primacy B) serial position C) recency D) ordinal relation