Author Question: Jaycilyn thinks that she can get a three-bedroom apartment near campus for 250/month. Marty tells ... (Read 82 times)

karateprodigy · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Jaycilyn thinks that she can get a three-bedroom apartment near campus for 250/month. Marty tells her that he saw one advertised for 600/month. Jaycilyn changes her original estimate, and now thinks that she can get an apartment for 300/month. Jaycilyn's revised estimate is affected by the ____ heuristic.

a. algorithm
b. availability
c. anchoring
d. representativeness

Question 2

For a class project, Mindi has to deliver a presentation on heuristics and algorithms. She decides to create a demonstration to illustrate how people often use heuristics instead of algorithms. People do this because heuristics ____.

a. avoid mental sets
b. guarantee solutions
c. avoid functional fixedness
d. save time