Probation Officers Are Not Responsible for Performing Searches, Seizing Evidence

question 76

True/False

Probation officers are not responsible for performing searches, seizing evidence, and arranging for drug testing.

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Definitions:

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person's mind when evaluating a specific topic or decision.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut based on easily recalled examples when judging a specific area, notion, practice, or decision-making process.

Base-Rate Information

This term relates to how often an event occurs within a general population.

Representativeness Heuristic

A mental shortcut that involves making judgments about the probability of an event under uncertainty, based on how much it resembles existing prototypes.