Many Smokers Like to Point to the Late George Burns

question 49

Multiple Choice

Many smokers like to point to the late George Burns, a famous actor who smoked cigars continuously for many years and lived to be nearly a hundred, as evidence that smoking is relatively harmless. These individuals tend to ignore the thousands of people who die every year from lung cancer. They are utilizing

• A) the availability heuristic.
• B) confirmation bias.
• C) the representativeness heuristic.
• D) hindsight bias.

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