Author Question: The human mind appears to be innately programmed to think about people as individuals, rather than ... (Read 61 times)

james · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

The human mind appears to be innately programmed to think about people as individuals, rather than to engage in social categorization (by clumping people into social groups).

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

The so-called Zeigarnik effect refers to the tendency for people ____.

a. to experience automatic, intrusive thoughts about a goal when pursuit of that goal has been interrupted
b. to make overly optimistic plans, failing to make allowances for unexpected events or problems
c. to feel relatively less stress or suffering when they think that they have the option of escaping from a situation (compared to when they think they do not have the option of escaping)
d. to give greater weight to potential losses than to potential gains when making decisions