The coach told Bob's father, "He can't dribble, shoot, defend, or even keep his shoes tied!" and showed him the year's statistics. Even so, Bob's father still thinks Bob has a career in professional basketball. This represents:
a. confirmation bias
b. a framing effect
c. the incubation effect
d. belief persistence
D
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a. alienated followers b. exemplary followers c. passive-aggressive followers d. conformist followers e. passive followers
If a factorial design is conducted in which each subject experiences each condition at least once, then it is a
a. between subjects design b. within subjects design c. mixed design d. all of these
Julian seeks professional help for his fear of spiders. In stages, his therapist shows him pictures, movies, and models of spiders, then a real dead spider, a small live spider in a jar, several live spiders in a jar, and finally a live spider loose in t
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When Jana was chiding herself for losing her favorite necklace and reciting a list of all the things she could have done to prevent the loss, her grandmother said, "Now, Jana. Don't cry over spilled milk."
In essence, Jana's grandmother was advising her to a. use base rates rather than the representativeness heuristic. b. avoid the self-fulfilling prophecy. c. stop engaging in counterfactual thinking. d. adjust her judgment farther away from the anchor.