Even Though He Knows Only a Small Percentage of High

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Multiple Choice

Even though he knows only a small percentage of high school athletes go on to professional careers, Charlie believes that he will receive a scholarship to play football in college and then will have a career in the NFL. Charlie is

• A)not applying base rates to himself.
• B)applying base rates to himself.
• C)ignoring the conjunction fallacy.
• D)applying the conjunction fallacy.

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