If One Does Not Pay Attention to the Underlying Probability

question 34

Multiple Choice

If one does not pay attention to the underlying probability of an event occurring, faulty decisions are made due to

• A)ignoring the base rate.
• B)the framing effect.
• C)the representativeness heuristic.
• D)"thin-slicing."

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