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MGLQZ

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What cognitive tendency is described by the conjunction fallacy?

◦ drawing general conclusions based on a few isolated cases
◦ ignoring information about base rates when estimating the probabilities of certain combinations of outcomes
◦ believing that the odds of two uncertain events happening together are greater than the odds of either event happening alone
◦ overestimating the odds of a chance event if that event hasn't occurred recently
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Marked as best answer by MGLQZ on Oct 8, 2020

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Reply #1 on: Oct 8, 2020
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Reply 2 on: Oct 8, 2020
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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