If Accurate Judgments Are Our Goal,we Should Use Base Rate

question 101

Multiple Choice

If accurate judgments are our goal,we should use base rate information instead of the representativeness heuristic when

• A) base rates are high.
• B) we have a wealth of information about the person in question.
• C) base rates are low.
• D) we don't have a lot of specific information about the person in question.
• E) the decision is a complicated one.

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