SKILL: RECOGNIZING BIAS Read the following statements, and then answer the questions.

a.
Chinese goods such as porcelain, jade, and silk were much more valuable than the goods brought over for trade by the English.
b.
The English, Portuguese, Dutch, and Spanish all tried to tap into the riches of China between the 1500s to the 1700s.
c.
The Chinese were reluctant to do trade with the Portuguese because the Portuguese were little more than pirates.
d.
The Dutch seized the island of Taiwan in 1684 to use as a base for trade with China.

What is it about the statements you selected that indicates to you that they are biased?

If an atom has 35 protons in the uncles , how many elements will it have orbiting the nucleus

What impact did improvements in farming technology near the end of the nineteenth century have on the american economy? a. more energy was needed to power equipment, creating the renewable energy industry. b. less labor was necessary on farms, leading workers to pursue other jobs. c. less money was invested in farming as many locally owned farms went bankrupt. d. more demand for agricultural products reduced the price of food and animal products.

Which of the following scenarios illustrates the error in thinking known as overconfidence? choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. over the years, about 45 percent of the students in dr. hunt's introductory psychology course have correctly predicted their major, but their confidence in this prediction has been about 75 percent on average. maria was afraid she would fail her introductory psychology midterm. when she got an a, she convinced herself that she had known all along she would do well on the exam. over the years, about 45 percent of the students in dr. hunt's introductory psychology course have correctly predicted their major, and their confidence in this prediction has also been about 45 percent on average. five students in dr. hunt's introductory psychology course were unwilling to predict major because they were afraid of making an incorrect prediction.