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penza

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Suppose that you hear about a friend who graduated from college in dramatic arts. Suppose that you also judge her to be more likely to be both selling insurance and active in community theater than she is to be only selling insurance. You have:
 
  a) fallen victim to the anchoring and adjustment heuristic.
   b) fallen prey to a conjunction fallacy.
   c) ignored regression to the mean.
   d) committed a belief bias error.

Question 2

The Madden jinx is the purported tendency for a person to perform poorly after being touted on the yearly version of the popular video game. Our perception of this outcome as a jinx is due to:
 
  a) confirmation bias.
   b) our ignorance of regression toward the mean.
   c) superstition bias.
   d) a hindsight bias.



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mceravolo

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: b

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b




penza

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
:D TYSM


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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