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1

When proponents and opponents of capital punishment were presented mixed evidence on the deterrent effect of the death penalty, both sides became more moderate in their positions.
A)True
B)False
2

About 30 percent of the time, the correct answers lay outside the range about which people feel 98 percent confident.
A)True
B)False
3

People tend to notice confirming rather than disconfirming evidence for their beliefs.
A)True
B)False
4

Providing people with prompt feedback on the accuracy of their judgments reduces the overconfidence phenomenon.
A)True
B)False
5

"Regression toward the average" refers to our tendency to be conformist.
A)True
B)False
6

The availability heuristic provides an explanation for the self-fulfilling prophecy.
A)True
B)False
7

People are quick to infer general truth from a vivid instance.
A)True
B)False
8

"Regression toward the average" may help to explain why the illusion of control arises.
A)True
B)False
9

The results of experimenter bias demonstrate the tendency for one's expectations to evoke behavior that confirms the expectations.
A)True
B)False
10

Mutual fund portfolios selected by investment analysts tend to outperform randomly selected stocks.
A)True
B)False
11

Behavioral confirmation is a type of self-fulfilling prophecy whereby people's social expectations lead them to act in a way that causes others to confirm their expectations.
A)True
B)False





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