What Is One of the Difficulties with the Availability Heuristic

question 55

Multiple Choice

What is one of the difficulties with the availability heuristic?

• A) It seldom leads to a correct decision in everyday life.
• B) Frequency estimation may be distorted by the familiarity of the examples.
• C) People rely too much on adjustments and not enough on the anchor.
• D) People rely too much on abstract evidence, rather than concrete evidence.

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Definitions:

Ejaculation

Reflexive expulsion of semen from the penis.

Prostatic Urethra

Part of the male urethra, approximately 2.5 cm in length, that passes through the prostate gland.

Semen

Penile ejaculate; thick, yellowish white, viscous fluid containing spermatozoa and secretions of the testes, seminal vesicles, prostate, and bulbourethral glands.

Emission

Discharge; accumulation of semen in the urethra prior to ejaculation. A nocturnal emission is a discharge of semen while asleep.