Barrons AP Psychology 7th edition

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

  1. (E) Alyssa is testing the impact of framing; milk that is 1 percent fat is the same as milk that is 99
    percent fat free; the only difference is how the milk is framed. Representativeness heuristic is
    when people judge the likelihood of an event by comparing it to something they believe to be
    similar and assuming the probabilities of the events will be the same. Confirmation bias is the
    tendency to pay more attention to information that supports our preexisting beliefs than information
    that contradicts it. Schema are cognitive structures that influence how we process information. The
    mere-exposure effect shows that exposure to something increases our liking for it.

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