Ch2 Opstacles

Question 1

Peer pressure

Answer 1

pressure to conform comes from your peers

Question 2

Appeal to popularity/ popular opinion

Answer 2

pressure comes from the mere popularity of a belief

Question 3

Common practice

Answer 3

pressure comes from what
groups of people do

Question 4

stereotyping

Answer 4

Classifying individuals into groups according to oversimplified opinions

Question 5

Resisting Contrary Evidence

Answer 5

Interpreting data in order to conform to one’s belief

Question 6

Looking for Confirming Evidence

Answer 6

Unconscious practice of searching for evidence that adhere to your beliefs

Question 7

Preferring Available Evidence

Answer 7

Believing certain information more than it is needed due to repetition

Question 8

Motivated Reasoning

Answer 8

Reasoning for the purpose of supporting predetermined conclusion

Question 9

Homophily

Answer 9

Tendency to give more credence to information from family or anyone close to you

Question 10

Mere Exposure Effect

Answer 10

Being exposed to certain words or objects can make you favorable towards it

Question 11

Illusion of Truth Effect

Answer 11

You come to believe false claim is true due to simply being familiar with it

Question 12

False Consensus Effect

Answer 12

Tendency to over estimate the degree to which other people share our opinions

Question 13

The Dunning-Kruger Effect

Answer 13

Being ignorant of how ignorant you are