Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
UGC NET June 2024 Re-Exam (21.08.2024) Shift-I
Match List I (Term) with List II (Meaning) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.
List I
- Decision making
- Confirmation bias
- Belief perseverance
- Overconfidence bias
List II
- The tendency to hold on to a belief in the face of contradictory evidence
- The tendency to have more confidence in judgments and decisions than we should based on probability
- The tendency to search for and use information that supports our ideas rather than refutes them
- Evaluating alternatives and making choices among them
AI-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d
BI-b, II-c, III-d, IV-a
CI-c, II-d, III-a, IV-b
DI-d, II-c, III-a, IV-b ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) I-d, II-c, III-a, IV-b — The correct match is decision making with evaluating alternatives, confirmation bias with seeking supporting information, belief perseverance with holding a belief and overconfidence with excess confidence, that is I-d, II-c,…
Explanation
★The correct match is decision making with evaluating alternatives, confirmation bias with seeking supporting information, belief perseverance with holding a belief and overconfidence with excess confidence, that is I-d, II-c, III-a, IV-b.
★Decision making is evaluating alternatives and choosing among them.
★Confirmation bias is seeking information that supports our ideas rather than refutes them.
★Belief perseverance is holding on to a belief despite contradictory evidence.
★Overconfidence bias is having more confidence than probability warrants.
★So the correct pairing is I-d, II-c, III-a, IV-b.
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