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Coincidences are extremely striking, and often lead people to believe in ________. The ease with which we think of coincidences makes them important players in the ______ heuristic.
 
  a) illusory correlations; availability
   b) illusory correlations; representativeness
   c) stereotypes; availability
   d) stereotypes; representativeness

Question 2

When you ask people what caused more deaths  accidents and homicides or strokes and diabetes  people will guess accidents and homicides, even though it's strokes and diabetes (and it's not even really close). This is most likely due to:
 
  a) the availability heuristic.
   b) confirmatory bias.
   c) the representativeness heuristic.
   d) an atmosphere effect.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a



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