The Tendency for People to Judge the Frequency or Likelihood

question 68

Multiple Choice

The tendency for people to judge the frequency or likelihood of an event by the ease with which they can imagine or mentally visualize it is known as the ____.

• A)representativeness heuristic
• B)anchoring and adjustment heuristic
• C)simulation heuristic
• D)confirmation bias

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Definitions:

Operon

Group of genes together with a promoter-operator DNA sequence that controls their transcription.

Promoter

A region of DNA that initiates transcription of a particular gene, recognized and bound by enzymes and other proteins to start gene expression.

Genes

Units of heredity made up of DNA, acting as instructions to make molecules called proteins.

Prokaryotic Operon

A prokaryotic operon is a functioning unit of genomic DNA containing a cluster of genes under the control of a single promoter and is regulated together, typically found in bacteria.