Tom Is Considering Moving to a New City

question 21

Multiple Choice

Tom is considering moving to a new city.He reads that the employment rate in that city is 90%,which he thinks is very favourable.Ted is considering moving to the same city,but he reads that the unemployment rate is 10%,which he thinks is unacceptably high.Why would Tom and Ted reach such different conclusions based on the same statistics?

• A)Tom received information that was framed in a favourable way,whereas Ted received the exact same information but framed in an unfavourable way.
• B)Tom used base-rate data,but Ted used anecdotal data when forming his decision.
• C)Tom relied on the representativeness heuristic when making his decision,whereas Ted relied on the availability heuristic.
• D)Neither Tom nor Ted fully considered other cities,so both their judgements were guided by the conjunction fallacy.