The Finding That People Tend to Incorrectly Conclude That More

question 24

Multiple Choice

The finding that people tend to incorrectly conclude that more people die from tornados than from asthma has been explained in terms of the

• A) representativeness heuristic.
• B) availability heuristic.
• C) falsification principle.
• D) belief bias.

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Definitions:

Existential Instantiation

A logical operation that infers the existence of at least one individual satisfying a particular property from a general statement.

Universal Instantiation

A logical rule of inference that allows one to deduce a particular instance from a universal statement, essentially moving from a general statement to a specific example.

Existential Generalization

A logical inference rule stating that if something is true for some member of a domain, then it is true that there exists something in that domain for which the proposition holds.

Quantifier Negation

The process of changing the quantifier in a statement, such as from "all" to "not all," to negate its original meaning.