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bobbysung

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The representativeness heuristic is a rule used to estimate the likelihood of an event based on how well it fits with your expectations of a model for that event.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Work by Tversky and Kahneman suggests that providing descriptive information about people results in a greater use of base rate information .
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.


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Answer to Question 1

Answer: True

Answer to Question 2

Answer: False



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