Quite understandably, students are often more upset about missing an exam question when they had previously circled the correct answer—and then changed it to an incorrect answer—as opposed to when they had chosen an incorrect answer all along. This is most directly related to the ____

a. representativeness heuristic
b. anchoring and adjustment heuristic
c. simulation heuristic
d. confirmation bias


C

Psychology

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Psychology

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a. Procedural memory b. Declarative memory c. Working memory d. Semantic memory

Psychology

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Psychology