Which type of information is weighted more heavily in people's judgments?

Mary's physician is trying to test her visual perception. She shows six-month old Mary a picture of a boat until Mary no longer pays any attention to it

Then she shows Mary a picture of a house and immediately Mary begins to stare at the picture in entranced curiosity. Mary's physician was using the _______________ to test her visual perception. a. habituation technique b. longitudinal technique c. attention-span technique d. novelty technique

Wilma believed that her local senator was an honest, law-biding citizen. When he was indicted on charges of insider trading, she told all her friends there had been a mistake and he would soon be cleared. Finally, the senator confessed to the crimes and served time in prison. Through all of this, Wilma kept insisting he had been framed and was taking the blame to protect someone else. In this

example, Wilma shows strong evidence of: a. belief persistence b. the framing effect c. the availability heuristic d. memory reconstruction