AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following is FALSE with regard to the confirmation bias? People tend to take disconfirming evidence at face value. For evidence that might confirm their current beliefs.

Detailed explanation-2: -heuristics: Shortcut strategies or guidelines that suggest a solution to a problem but do not guarantee an answer. hindsight bias: The tendency to report falsely, after the fact, that one has accurately predicted an outcome.

Detailed explanation-3: -confirmation bias, people’s tendency to process information by looking for, or interpreting, information that is consistent with their existing beliefs. This biased approach to decision making is largely unintentional, and it results in a person ignoring information that is inconsistent with their beliefs.

Detailed explanation-4: -problem solving The mental process of finding an appropriate way to attain a goal when the goal is not readily available.