One Reason That We Are Susceptible to the Representativeness Heuristic

question 25

Multiple Choice

One reason that we are susceptible to the representativeness heuristic is that we

• A) mistake confidence for certainty.
• B) are fooled by information that comes to our mind most easily.
• C) fail to consider how probable an outcome is within the general population.
• D) overestimate our cognitive economy.

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Definitions:

Nominal Data

Represents data that can be categorized but not ranked or ordered numerically.

Interval Data

A type of numerical data that has meaningful differences between values and a true zero point.

Ordinal Data

Describes a type of data which is categorized into ordered but not necessarily equally spaced categories.

Null Hypothesis

A statement used in statistics that proposes no significant difference or effect.