People who have a(n) ______ are afraid of being perceived in some negative way by others, so they tend to avoid situations that can be embarrassing

The tendency for one's preexisting opinions to distort logical reasoning is known as:

a. belief bias. b. functional fixedness. c. framing. d. the availability heuristic. e. linguistic relativity.

Timothy thinks nothing of berating his staff in order to get them to meet deadline; when his staff meet the deadlines, it confirms to Timothy that he is right to behave this way. Timothy's personality likely includes

a. Machiavellianism. b. perception. c. agreeableness. d. extraversion. e. emotional intelligence.