Which of the Following Students Provides the Most Accurate Information

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about the representativeness heuristic?

• A) Ko-Eun: "We use the representativeness heuristic when we judge frequency in terms of how easily we can think of examples of a category."
• B) Tianna: "The representativeness heuristic demonstrates that we initially make a guess, and then we make modest adjustments to that initial guess."
• C) Brandon: "When using the representativeness heuristic, we overemphasize the base rate and don't pay enough attention to the availability heuristic."
• D) Celia: "The representativeness heuristic typically works well, although we tend to ignore other relevant information that we should consider."

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