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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which type of creative thinking expands the number of possible problem solutions?
Divergent Thinking
Convergent Thinking
Intrinsic Motivation
Availability Heuristic
Representative Heuristic
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The tendency to exaggerate the correctness or accuracy of our beliefs and predictions is called
hindsight bias.
overconfidence.
critical thinking.
skepticism.
reliability.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Maintaining one's conceptions even after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited is known as:
the representativeness heuristic.
belief perserverance
confirmation bias.
functional fixedness.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A defense attorney emphasizes to a jury that her client works full-time, supports his family, and enjoys leisure-time hobbies. Although none of this information is relevant to the trial, it is designed to make the defendant appear to be a typical member of the local community. The lawyer is most clearly attempting to take advantage of:
confirmation bias.
functional fixedness.
belief perseverance.
the representativeness heuristic.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Advertisers know that a thirty-three percent discount sounds like a better deal than a discount of one third. This best illustrates:
framing.
belief bias.
representativeness heuristics.
confirmation bias.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the tendency to search for and use information that supports our preconceptions, and ignore information that refutes our ideas called?
Confirmation Bias
Hindsight Bias
Belief Perseverance
Overconfidence Bias
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the ability to think about a problem or idea in new and unusual ways, to come up with unconventional solutions called?
Divergent Thinking
Convergent Thinking
Critical Thinking
Metacognition
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