A Physician Is Trying to Convince a Man That He

question 51

Multiple Choice

A physician is trying to convince a man that he must give up smoking. The man initially believes that the probability of lung cancer is increased by only 10% if he smokes. Why are decision-making heuristics relevant to this situation?

• A) The situation will encourage the conjunction fallacy.
• B) The probability of an illusory correlation is increased.
• C) Familiarity distorts availability judgments.
• D) The man's estimate will be influenced by a low anchor.

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