Research on the conjunction fallacy shows that
a. people pay more attention to statistical probability than to heuristic strategies.
b. people pay too much attention to sample size.
c. people believe that the probability of a combination of two attributes is statistically more likely than the probability of one of those attributes.
d. people simply misunderstand the instructions because the material is so vivid; when the task is explained, the conjunction fallacy disappears.
Question 2
Suppose that a friend is wondering what ever happened to a classmate named Bob who attended your high school and was on the wrestling team. You say that Bob is now a banker.
Your friend says, Well, Bob is likely to be a banker who is still interested in sports, rather than just a plain banker. Your friend has just demonstrated
a. the availability heuristic.
b. the conjunction fallacy.
c. an illusory correlation.
d. the confirmation bias.
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