Which of the Following Best Explains Why Women Fear Being

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains why women fear being assaulted by a stranger more than by an acquaintance,even though the opposite is more often the reality?

• A)The base-rate fallacy
• B)The availability heuristic
• C)Counterfactual thinking
• D)The misinformation effect

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Definitions:

Intensity

The degree of strength, force, or energy with which an action is performed or an attribute is possessed.

Sociability

The quality of being inclined to engage socially with others, often gauged by the ease and frequency of interactions in social situations.

Conditional Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Unconditional Response

An automatic, reflexive reaction to a stimulus that does not require learning or conditioning to occur.