Author Question: Jeff is concerned that the framing effect may be influencing his decision to study abroad next ... (Read 74 times)

savannahhooper · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Jeff is concerned that the framing effect may be influencing his decision to study abroad next semester. According to Chapter 12, an effective way to correct for the framing effect is to

a. see whether he can come up with some representative counter-examples.
b. apply the anchoring-and-adjustment heuristic to see whether the decision can be appropriately adjusted.
c. consider how many positive and how many negative examples come readily to mind.
d. consider how he would feel about not studying abroad next semester.

Question 2

The research on the framing effect suggests that

a. decisions are overly influenced by the availability heuristic.
b. the hindsight bias is more influential than the representativeness heuristic.
c. we tend to be overconfident about the accuracy of our decisions.
d. we are influenced by the wording of a question and the background information.