Following the September 11, 2001, Twin Towers Attacks, Many Americans

question 59

Multiple Choice

Following the September 11, 2001, Twin Towers attacks, many Americans elected to drive rather than fly: The media coverage of the hijackings caused Americans to overestimate the danger of flying. This example illustrates:

• A)the availability heuristic
• B)the representativeness heuristic
• C)the confirmation bias
• D)overconfidence

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Definitions:

Universal Affirmative

A logical statement that asserts something is true of all members of a particular category or class.

Categorical Propositions

Statements that assert or deny something about all members of a category, involving a subject and a predicate that relates to the subject.

Standard Form

A method of presenting arguments in a clear and logical structure, often aligning premises and conclusion to highlight logical flow.

Categorical Propositions

Categorical propositions are statements that assert or deny something about a category or class of objects, often structured in terms of all, no, or some.