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frankwu · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Wally and Sharon are out on a date. When Sharon asks Wally where they should go for dinner, Wally says My coworkers keep telling me about that new Japanese place downtown, so it must be a great place to eat. Wally's response illustrates the use of a(n)

a. availability heuristic.
b. confirmation bias.
c. conjunction rule.
d. permission schema.

Question 2

Derrick purchased a new car, a Ford Mustang, less than a month ago. While sitting in traffic, Derrick says to his girlfriend, Mustangs must be the best-selling car now. I can't remember seeing as many on the road as I have recently. Derrick's judgment is most likely biased by a(n)

a. representativeness heuristic.
b. availability heuristic.
c. illusory correlation.
d. permission schema.