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According to the discussion of the availability heuristic,
 
  a. this heuristic is consistently more accurate than the representativeness heuristic.
  b. we use this heuristic when we try to estimate probability by thinking of relevant examples.
  c. this heuristic emphasizes that we ignore the conjunction fallacy.
  d. this heuristic explains why we typically provide confidence intervals that are too narrow.

Question 2

Suppose that someone asks you to name the most popular television situation comedies, and you respond with the names of two shows that you regularly watch. This would be an example of
 
  a. anchoring and adjustment.
  b. an illusory correlation.
  c. representativeness.
  d. availability.



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: b

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Ans: d





 

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