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:

Subcontrary Propositions

In traditional logic, propositions that cannot both be false but can both be true.

Existential Import

The assumption within a statement that asserts the existence of the subject matter it mentions.

Affirmative Subalternate

A proposition that is universally affirmative, implying a particular affirmative proposition as well.

Subcontraries

In the traditional square of opposition, a pair of propositions that, in virtue of their logical form, could both be true but could not both be false (I and O).