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acc299

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Montana and Sarah are playing cards. Montana has a great handfour aceswhile Sarah's hand is just averagea 2 of hearts, a 3 of spades, a 5 of spades, and a 7 of clubs. Even though the statistical probability of both hands is the same, many people (incorrectly) assume that Montana's exact hand is rarer than Sarah's exact hand. This common misconception stems most directly from the ____.
 
  a. base rate fallacy
  b. representativeness heuristic
  c. availability heuristic
  d. false consensus effect

Question 2

Research on the relationship between violence and self-esteem shows that ____.
 
  a. violence leads to low self-esteem
  b. low self-esteem leads to violence
  c. violence is correlated with low self-esteem, though it is not clear what causes what
  d. violence is associated with high self-esteem, not low self-esteem


sierramartinez

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D


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