The Representativeness Heuristic Leads People to Make Judgments About Events

question 112

Multiple Choice

The representativeness heuristic leads people to make judgments about events according to

• A)their recent experiences with such events.
• B)the population of events they appear to represent.
• C)how easy it is to find relevant events.
• D)how well those events are present in memory.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.