Question 1

You are reading a political blog and come across the following sentiment: "Politicians are liars.John is a politician.Therefore,John is a liar." You are most likely to agree that this is a logical argument if you

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A)  already distrusted John.
B)  are surprised by the claim.
C)  are surprised to learn John is a politician.
D)  are relying on Type 1 thinking.

Question 2

Solomon remembers how Jacob acted last weekend and the weekend before that.On the basis of this,Solomon is trying to figure out whether there is a pattern to Jacob's actions.Solomon is working on a problem of

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A)  deduction.
B)  induction.
C)  confirmation.
D)  derivation.

Question 3

People who eat more tomatoes are less likely to get cancer in comparison to people who don't eat tomatoes.Which of the following accurately restates this pattern?

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A)  Eating tomatoes covaries positively with cancer risk.
B)  Eating tomatoes seems to prevent cancer.
C)  Eating tomatoes covaries negatively with cancer risk.
D)  Eating more vegetables overall decreases cancer risk.

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT an example of a frequency judgment?

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A)  "You've only worn that shirt once since I gave it to you!"
B)  "I am certain that he is lying."
C)  "There certainly are a lot of pizzerias in this neighborhood."
D)  "The number of truly caring physicians is getting smaller and smaller."

Question 5

Heuristics are strategies that

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A)  sometimes risk error in order to gain efficiency.
B)  are underused,despite their advantages.
C)  protect us from overestimating the frequency of real-life events.
D)  ensure step-by-step procedures for finding correct conclusions.

Question 6

Reasoning from "man who" arguments is usually inappropriate because generalizing from a single case is justified only

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A)  for truly heterogeneous categories.
B)  when the sample size is adequate.
C)  when the base rates are unknown.
D)  for truly homogeneous categories.

Question 7

Describe one situation in which your friend Maital might show evidence of risk aversion and another example in which she would show risk seeking.

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Question 8

Studies indicate that training in statistics

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A)  has little impact on how participants make judgments outside of the statistics class.
B)  improves participants' understanding of statistical principles but does not teach them how to apply the principles to actual cases.
C)  helps participants make more accurate judgments,but only if they were explicitly encouraged to apply their statistical knowledge.
D)  improves participants' performance in a variety of judgment problems.

Question 9

"All dogs are animals.Some animals are pets.Therefore,some dogs are pets." This example is a(n) ________ syllogism that is likely to be endorsed as ________ due to the belief bias.

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A)  valid;false
B)  valid;true
C)  invalid;false
D)  invalid;true

Question 10

Describe the ways that emotion can influence decision making.What tips would you give to a friend (or to yourself)to improve decision making under emotional duress?

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Question 11

Participants tend NOT to use base-rate information if they are also given

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A)  diagnostic information.
B)  the prior probabilities.
C)  statistical information.
D)  information about the random device used to select the test case.

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