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According to the discussion of the availability heuristic,
 
  a. this heuristic is consistently more accurate than the representativeness heuristic.
  b. we use this heuristic when we try to estimate probability by thinking of relevant examples.
  c. this heuristic emphasizes that we ignore the conjunction fallacy.
  d. this heuristic explains why we typically provide confidence intervals that are too narrow.

Question 2

Suppose that someone asks you to name the most popular television situation comedies, and you respond with the names of two shows that you regularly watch. This would be an example of
 
  a. anchoring and adjustment.
  b. an illusory correlation.
  c. representativeness.
  d. availability.

Question 3

You are trying to decide whether it will rain tomorrow, based on how many rainy days you remember from the last week. Which heuristic are you using?
 
  a. availability
  b. crystal-ball technique
  c. anchoring and adjustment
  d. representativeness

Question 4

Suppose that you are trying to decide whether to buy tomatoes or cucumbers in a grocery store. You think about the wide variety of recipes that use tomatoes, compared to only a few recipes that use cucumbers. You are using
 
  a. the representativeness heuristic.
  b. the anchoring-and-adjustment heuristic.
  c. the availability heuristic.
  d. the confirmation bias.
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6 years ago
Answer to q. 1

Ans: b

Answer to q. 2

Ans: d

Answer to q. 3

Ans: a

Answer to q. 4

Ans: c
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