Montana and Sarah are playing cards. Montana has a great handfour aceswhile Sarah's hand is just averagea 2 of hearts, a 3 of spades, a 5 of spades, and a 7 of clubs. Even though the statistical probability of both hands is the same, many people (incorrectly) assume that Montana's exact hand is rarer than Sarah's exact hand. This common misconception stems most directly from the ____.
a. base rate fallacy
b. representativeness heuristic
c. availability heuristic
d. false consensus effect
Question 2
Research on the relationship between violence and self-esteem shows that ____.
a. violence leads to low self-esteem
b. low self-esteem leads to violence
c. violence is correlated with low self-esteem, though it is not clear what causes what
d. violence is associated with high self-esteem, not low self-esteem
Rare Wolverine Photographed in Montana
Bionic Hand
An 1872 Grant campaign poster of “Our Three Great Presidents” at best got it two-thirds right.
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