Dennis refused to go bungee-jumping because he remembered one case in which a boy hit the ground because the wrong bungee cord – one that was too long – had been mistakenly used. Based on this accident, he concluded that bungee jumping was incredibly dangerous. This is an example of:
a. dissonance reduction.
b. the availability error/selective recall
c. confirmation bias
d. string theory

How would you describe a person at the midpoint of the health continuum? a. extremely ill b. perfectly well c. neither ill nor perfectly well d. unable to move on the continuum

According to research, which of the following statements reflecting the relationship between emotion and the prefrontal cortex is false? a.the prefrontal cortex to regulate one's emotional response. b. the prefrontal cortex is activated when processing information associated with stress. c. sensory input indicating emotion first enters the prefrontal cortex before traveling to the amygdala. d. the prefrontal cortex processes information associated with emotional pleasure.

Fallacies are unsound arguments that seem to be logically and are persuasive because they usually appeal to our emotions and prejudices and often support conclusions that we want to believe are accurate. - true or false?