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berenicecastro

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How reasonable is it for someone to rely on the representativeness heuristic to make a quick judgment?
 
  a. Not reasonable at allit is usually misleading.
  b. Often perfectly reasonable when there is no other information available.
  c. Reasonable when there is base rate information to refer to.
  d. Somewhat reasonable, but only if you put considerable thought into it first.

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With regard to the use of base rate information, the evidence suggests that people
 
  a. totally disregard base rate information and rely only on the similarity of information to a category.
  b. are very astute at using base rate information.
  c. focus too much on individual characteristics and insufficiently on base rates.
  d. focus equally on individual characteristics and base rate information.


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debra928

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C


berenicecastro

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Reply #2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thank you!


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Reply #3 on: Jun 22, 2018
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