When people commit the base-rate fallacy, they often a. rely ...

[asmith134]

When people commit the base-rate fallacy, they often
 
  a. rely too heavily on the availability heuristic.
  b. believe that the conjunction of two events is more likely than either event by itself.
  c. pay too little attention to information about relative frequency.
  d. are especially likely to demonstrate the hindsight bias.

Question 2

Suppose that you see a male student on your campus who is wearing a suit and a tie. You conclude, He must be a business major; he couldn't be a psychology major. However, your college has twice as many psychology majors as business majors.
 
  Your decision is apparently guided by
   a. confirmation bias.
   b. the representativeness heuristic.
   c. my-side bias.
   d. the anchoring and adjustment heuristic.

[samiel-sayed]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: c

Answer to Question 2

Ans: b

[asmith134]

Gracias!

[kjohnson]

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