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altibaby

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The ____ fallacy is a mistaken belief that the probability of a given random event, such as winning or losing at a game of chance, is influenced by previous random events.
 
  a. conditional
  b. adjustment
  c. gambler's
 d. inclusion

Question 2

Michelle studied hard for her sociology test but seems to have focused on the wrong materials. When she looks at her test, she notices that the material she failed to study (and thus did poorly on) was in areas related to her professor's research. She immediately tells herself that she should have known that, since she has had other professors who tested more and in more detail on material related to their research interests. Michelle is experiencing ____.
 
  a. overconfidence
 b. the framing effect
 c. the illusory correlation
  d. the hindsight bias



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mochi09

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d




altibaby

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Excellent

 

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