Author Question: People who often watch soap operas are likely to believe that amnesia, extramarital affairs, and ... (Read 46 times)

kodithompson · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

People who often watch soap operas are likely to believe that amnesia, extramarital affairs, and mysterious disappearances occur more often than they actually occur in real life. A likely explanation for this finding is that

a. familiarity influences availability.
b. these events are actually underreported by the media.
c. frightening events are more likely to be handled by deductive reasoning.
d. they are overusing the crystal-ball technique.

Question 2

What is one of the difficulties with the availability heuristic?

a. It seldom leads to a correct decision in everyday life.
b. Frequency estimation may be distorted by the familiarity of the examples.
c. People rely too much on adjustments, and not enough on the anchor.
d. People rely too much on abstract evidence, rather than concrete evidence.