If People Make a Judgment Based on How Easy It

question 46

Multiple Choice

If people make a judgment based on how easy it is for an instance to come to mind, they may fall victim to the

• A) belief perseverance effect.
• B) representativeness heuristic.
• C) hindsight bias.
• D) availability heuristic.

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Definitions:

Additive Strategy

An approach to decision making that involves considering all the important attributes of a choice and explicitly adding up their respective values to make a decision.

Heuristics

Mental shortcuts or rules of thumb that simplify decision making, but can lead to biases or errors in judgment.

Functional Fixedness

The failure to use familiar objects in novel ways to solve problems because of a tendency to view objects only in terms of their customary functions.

Problem-Solving Difficulty

Challenges or hindrances faced while attempting to find solutions or overcome obstacles.