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natalie2426 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Kahneman & Tversky (1973) report having people read various personality descriptions and then estimate the likelihood or probability that a person was a member of one or another profession. They report __________.

a. good use of prior odds in the bare bones situation
b. that stereotypic information biased the reported likelihood in the direction of the stereotype
c. that worthless information did not bias the reported likelihood; prior probabilities were retained unless the information was consistent with a stereotype
d. that the descriptive model deviated strongly from the normative model

Question 2

Kahneman & Tversky (1973) report having people read various personality descriptions and then estimate the likelihood or probability that a person was a member of one or another profession.

To a surprising degree, people's estimates are influenced by the similarity of the description to a widely held stereotype. This reflects __________.
a. the availability heuristic
b. general world knowledge
c. the vividness effect
d. the representativeness heuristic