When People Overestimate the Number of Politicians Who Use Poor

question 110

Multiple Choice

When people overestimate the number of politicians who use poor ethical judgment, based on the extensive media coverage of a few politicians, they are using

• A)the representativeness heuristic
• B)anchoring and adjustment
• C)the availability heuristic
• D)problem fixation

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