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marya marya
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11 years ago
hi all. I'm concerned about three questions and im not sure if my answers are right.
can u help me out?

1.    According to the availability heuristic, Jayne and her husband are most likely to exaggerate the risk to their children caused by _____________, because so much media coverage there seems to be when this occurs.
a.   Being kidnapped
b.   Delinquency
c.   Accidental drowning
d.   Depression


2    If Morgan chooses to buy a raffle ticket that has a 5% chance of winning over one that has a 95% chance of losing, she is:

a.   Exaggerating the improbable
b.   Avoiding loss
c.   Exhibiting confirmation bias
d.   Exhibiting hindsight bias

3.    When an individual holds two thoughts that are psychologically inconsistent, or when an individual’s belief is incongruent with his/her behavior, a state of tension or unease occurs.  This state of tension is called:
a.   Cognitive inconsistency
b.   Cognitive dissonance
c.   Mental set
d.   Stereotype threat.


4   When a person experiences cognitive dissonance, he/she will likely:
a.   Rationalize information that conflicts with his/her existing beliefs
b.   Behave in a way that would be consistent with his/her beliefs.
c.   Feel at ease with the conflict
d.   Accept evidence that is contrary to his/her beliefs.


5 true or false
i think its false
 Research on visual images shows that people are able to manipulate the images in their imaginations.
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11 years ago
My personal judgement is that answer 4 is incorrect.

Cognitive dissonance is an internal conflict.

Imagine you are on a diet. You want to eat oreos.

The oreos conflict with the diet and thus cognitive dissonance occurs.

You then rationalize the oreos as a reward.
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