The Availability Heuristic Can Provide an Explanation of ______

question 13

Multiple Choice

The availability heuristic can provide an explanation of ______.

• A) the false consensus effect
• B) the anchoring heuristic
• C) the false consensus effect and the anchoring heuristic
• D) none of these

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Definitions:

Continuous Probability Distribution

A probability distribution that assigns probabilities to a continuum of possible outcomes, often described by a probability density function.

Standard Deviation

A measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values; an indicator of data spread or how spread out the data are.

Standard Normal Distribution

A normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, used in statistical analysis.

Normal Distribution

A continuous probability distribution that is symmetric around its mean, indicating that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.