When People Use the Availability Heuristic to Estimate Probabilities for Events

question 64

Multiple Choice

When people use the availability heuristic to estimate probabilities for events, they base their estimates on:

• A)the similarity between the event in question and their prototype
• B)the ease with which examples can be brought to mind
• C)the difference between the event in question and their starting estimate
• D)mathematical calculations of the expected value

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