Christine Has Been Following the State Lottery for Over a Year,and

question 126

Multiple Choice

Christine has been following the state lottery for over a year,and she has a record of the number of times every number has been selected.She is ready to invest $1000 in lottery tickets with the same six-number combination on each ticket.She is going to choose the six numbers that have occurred the least frequently in the last year because she is sure they will be picked eventually.In this case,Christine is showing evidence of

• A) the availability heuristic.
• B) the base rate fallacy.
• C) the gambler's fallacy.
• D) the conjunction fallacy.

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Definitions:

Infundibulum

A funnel-shaped structure, specifically in anatomy can refer to the connection between the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland or the passage in the ovary through which the egg travels.

Corpus Callosum

A thick band of nerve fibers that divides the cerebral cortex lobes into left and right hemispheres, facilitating communication between the two sides of the brain.

Insula

A region of the brain's cerebral cortex, situated deep within the lateral sulcus, involved in consciousness, emotion, and regulating the body's homeostasis.

Intermediate Mass

In the context of the thalamus, it's the part that connects the two lobes of the thalamus at their medial surfaces.