AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

THINKING AND LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Maintaining one’s conceptions even after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited is known as:
A
the representativeness heuristic.
B
belief perseverance.
C
confirmation bias.
D
functional fixedness.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This best illustrates. Belief Perseverance. Maintaining one’s conceptions even after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited is known as: Syntax.

Detailed explanation-2: -Belief Bias: the tendency for one’s preexisting beliefs to distort logical reasoning, sometimes by making invalid conclusions seem valid, or valid conclusions seem invalid. Belief Perseverance: clinging to one’s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited.

Detailed explanation-3: -An example of belief perseverance is a person who believes that smoking does not cause cancer despite the abundance of evidence that shows that smoking does cause cancer.

Detailed explanation-4: -Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one’s prior beliefs or values.

Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following illustrates belief perseverance? Your belief remains intact even in the face of evidence to the contrary.

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