Roger Knows Someone Whose Brother Received a Very Lucrative Contract

question 20

Multiple Choice

Roger knows someone whose brother received a very lucrative contract to play professional basketball for the National Basketball Association (NBA) .With this success story in mind,Roger ignores the statistics that indicate a very low probability that anyone will make it to the NBA and overestimates his own chances of making it.What concept does this scenario best illustrate?

• A) the covariation principle
• B) the base-rate fallacy
• C) non-correspondent inferences
• D) the actor-observer effect

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