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rlane42

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Nutz and Boltz, Inc. employs 100 people; 80 are lawyers and 20 are engineers. Albert, a lawyer at the company, is quiet, likes puzzles, and carries a calculator.
 
  Most people, when asked whether Albert is a lawyer or an engineer, will guess that he is an engineer. These people are using ________ to make this faulty guess. A correct guess would have been made if they had used ________.
 
   a. the representativeness heuristic; base rate information
   b. base rate information; the representativeness heuristic
   c. the representativeness heuristic; the availability heuristic
   d. base rate information; anchoring and adjustment

Question 2

When there is no other information available, it is ________ reasonable to rely on the representativeness heuristic to make a quick judgment.
 
  a. not
  b. perfectly
  c. somewhat
  d. never



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Briannahope

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B




rlane42

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Excellent


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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