Ψ  Reasons for Unreason

Crossword Grid            Answer

Down
 
  1. ______ toward the average.
  3. ______: rule of thumb.
  4. Behavioral ______: a type of self-fulfilling prophecy based on social expectations.
  5. ______ Heuristic: A mental shortcut that judges the likelihood of things in terms of their availability in memory,
  6. ______ fallacy: the belief that probability rates are false.
 
 

Across
 
   2. ______: Narratives that are often more compelling that statistical information.
   7. ______ effect: Perceptions of emotion controlled by the setting the emotions are viewed in.
   8. Illusory ______: perception of a relationship where none exists.
   9. ______ prophecy.
 10. ______ of control: Perception of uncontrollable events as subject to one's control.


Social Psychology
Robert C. Gates