DSCI 434 Fall 23 Assignment 2 Multiple Choice (1 Point each)

1. Cognitive bias exists only in other people. 2. In many companies, engineering is needed to create new products and services. 3. People tendency to think a random event is less likely to happen in the future if its happened in the past is known as anchoring bias. 4. Science is a way of knowing and a human endeavor. 5. The 3-brain model of the human brain assumes that the limbic system provides rational thought. 6. One of the key reasons many people feel uncomfortable about science is the tentativeness of any claim. 7. An engineering tolerance is the permissible variation in measurements deriving from the base measurement. 8. According to Kahneman, the brain has 2 models of thought (Type 1 and 2). 9. Critical thinking may help counter some of the cognitive biases we have. 10. Dismissing feedback that refutes your current belief on a particular topic is called self-serving bias.