Our tendency to overestimate our powers of prediction once we know the outcome of a given event is known as:
a. the hindsight bias.
b. common-sense social psychology.
c. the self-fulfilling prophecy.
d. the "déjà vu" effect.
Ans: a. the hindsight bias.
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a. primary appraisal. b. the residual stress pattern. c. anticipatory coping. d. Type A behavior.
The children in Ramon's preschool class perform considerably better in situations in which they must follow some commands but not others, as in the game "Simon Says." This is an example of
A) analytical problem solving. B) deficiencies in frontal lobe functioning. C) age-related gains in inhibition. D) Sigeler's model of strategy choice.