One conclusion that may be drawn about the certainty of the judgments made on both sides of the O.J. Simpson murder trial (the African-American perspective that focused on the behavior of the Los Angeles Police Department and the white perspective that saw the case as one of spouse abuse and double murder) is the extent to which evidence from the opposing perspective was ignored or dismissed
This neglect of contradictory information is evidence of __________ in decision-making.
a. divergent thinking c. the availability heuristic
b. overconfidence d. the framing effect
B
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Between ages 2 and 6,
A) the brain increases from 40 percent of its adult weight to 60 percent. B) synaptic pruning slows or ends in many parts of the cerebral cortex. C) energy consumption of most cortical regions diminishes to near-adult levels. D) the brain increases from 70 percent of its adult weight to 90 percent.
Of the emotions listed below, _______________ is the emotion an infant would likely display later in development than the others
a. fear b. shame c. disgust d. anger
Which statement is most accurate about the relationship of stress and health?
a. Prolonged stress can damage multiple bodily systems. b. The immune system is the only bodily system affected by prolonged stress. c. Short-term significant stress is just as damaging as longer term stress. d. Stress can lead to emotional problems and indirectly to health problems but does not directly lead to health problems.
Perceptions differ from sensations in that __________.
A. perceptions depend as much on prior experience as they do on neural cues traveling between receptors and the brain. B. perceptions are purely psychological, whereas sensations are purely neural C. each sensation is actually a large set of perceptions D. sensations depend mostly on learning, whereas perceptions are innate processes