Renaldo refuses any suggestion that girls are just as good as boys at athletics. Even as some of the girls in class provide examples of famous female athletes, he refuses to listen or acknowledge their evidence. What type of thinking is Renaldo engaging in?
A. Confirmation bias
B. Belief perseverance
C. Hindsight bias
D. Overconfidence bias
Answer: B
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A. to show how the marketplace is an essential element of democratic thought. B. to show the essential difference between ideas and information. C. to question whether current developments in communications technology are likely to strengthen or weaken democratic practices in the United States. D. to show how far information technology has come since Jefferson's time
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Learning shapes, colors, numbers, and the alphabet
a. should be the basis of most of the activities you plan for preschool-age children. b. are isolated skills and fragments of knowledge that can be learned as children pursue tasks and learn about things that are meaningful to them. c. are skills and concepts that children will not be ready to learn until kindergarten. d. are skills that should be mastered before children go to kindergarten