What term do psychologists use to describe our tendency to search for evidence that supports our belief and to ignore evidence that might disprove it?

a) confirmation bias
b) convergent thinking
c) availability heuristic
d) representativeness heuristic

Answer: a

Psychology

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Japanese train station workers (as pictured below) are required to point to things repeatedly and routinely as part of an industrial safety method called "pointing-and-calling" to reduce errors in protocol. What might this be an example of?

a. Symbolic offloading b. Mental imagery c. Mental rotation d. Implicit memory

Psychology

Brianna is in a quiet period of sleep where her heart rate and respiration are slow, and her brain activity is at its lowest point. Sleep researchers would say she is in __________

a) stage 5 sleep. b) dream sleep. c) NREM sleep. d) REM sleep.

Psychology