What Is the Difference Between the Life Expectancy of a Female

question 34

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between the life expectancy of a female and male in the U.S?

• A)Males typically live longer than females
• B)Females typically live longer than males
• C)Male and female life expectancy rates are decreasing
• D)Male life expectancy rates are increasing only.

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Definitions:

Anchoring and Adjustment Heuristic

A mental shortcut that influences the way people intuitively assess probabilities and make decisions based on initial information.

Escalation of Commitment

The phenomenon of investing increasingly more resources into a failing course of action due to cognitive biases and sunk costs.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Representation Bias

Representation bias refers to the cognitive bias where individuals inaccurately assess the probability of an event based on the ease with which examples come to mind, often due to how frequently they are portrayed or mentioned.