What Can We Conclude from Research Looking at the 'Hot

question 69

Multiple Choice

What can we conclude from research looking at the 'hot hand' in basketball?

• A) There is support for the notion that a basketball player is more likely to make a basket following a hit rather than a miss.
• B) People often tend to see patterns in truly random sequences.
• C) People make judgments based on the ease with which they can recall relevant examples.
• D) People often fail to consider personality information when estimating the likelihood of an event.

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