Suppose That You Meet Someone Who Is Smart, Adventurous, and Highly

question 176

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you meet someone who is smart, adventurous, and highly knowledgeable about rockets and outer space. Even though there are not many astronauts in the world, you might immediately assume that this person is an astronaut just because he or she fits your image of what an astronaut is like. That is, you might ____ and rely on the ____.

• A) commit the base rate fallacy; representativeness heuristic
• B) commit the conjunction fallacy; representativeness heuristic
• C) engage in the confirmation bias; availability heuristic
• D) engage in the false consensus effect; availability heuristic

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Definitions:

Absolute Advantage

A concept in international trade theory that occurs when a country can produce a good more efficiently and at a lower cost than another country.