Why do many students conclude that they should never change answers on a multiple-choice test?
A) The first impulse really is right, most of the time.
B) They easily remember times when they changed a right answer to a wrong one.
C) They are overlooking base-rate information.
D) They are following a maximizing strategy instead of a satisficing strategy.
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Q91: After you start to believe that someone is dangerous, you examine everything the person says or does for additional evidence of danger.In doing so, what are you demonstrating?
A)The framing effect
B)Confirmation bias
C)Near transfer
D)Representativeness heuristic
Q92: If you are trying to decide whether
Q93: Because you can easily think of examples
Q95: After you start to dislike someone, almost everything the person says or does seems like further evidence of bad character.Which tendency are you demonstrating?
A)Confirmation bias
B)Framing effect
C)Maximizing strategy
D)Base-rate information
Q96: Although a particular medicine is no more effective than a placebo, a physician remembers cases when patients improved, and therefore considers the medicine effective.What tendency is occurring here?
A)Functional fixedness
B)Maximizing strategy
C)Confirmation bias
D)The framing effect
Q97: Because you can easily think of examples
Q98: After you cough a few times,you suddenly
Q99: The "confirmation bias" is the tendency to do what?
A)Express too much confidence in your answers on difficult questions.
B)Do something you won't enjoy, just because you already paid for it.
C)Look for evidence to support your current belief
D)Answer a question differently, depending on how someone phrases it.
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