When People Estimate That the Odds of Two Uncertain Events

question 285

Multiple Choice

When people estimate that the odds of two uncertain events happening together are greater than the odds of either event happening alone, they are displaying the:

• A)gambler's fallacy
• B)overconfidence effect
• C)conjunction fallacy
• D)framing effect

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