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mcmcdaniel · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Dr. Anna Smith is a clinical psychologist. She just heard about someone who had a bad reaction to a medication. She knows that this medication has worked well with many of her clients who have experienced depression during the last few months.

With respect to decision-making heuristics, she should be concerned that her future decisions about this medication might be influenced by
a. the conjunction fallacy.
b. the relationship between illusory correlations and the representativeness heuristic.
c. anchoring and adjustment.
d. the tendency for recency to influence availability.

Question 2

Suppose that you are trying to decide whether to take a course from Professor Jones or Professor Smith. Your friends have made many positive comments about both professors.

You decide to take a course with Professor Jones, because today you heard more praise about Professor Jones. You are using
a. the availability heuristic.
b. the anchoring and adjustment heuristic.
c. the representativeness heuristic.
d. the recognition heuristic.