A Talented Computer Programmer Who Uses His Skills to Commit

question 54

True/False

A talented computer programmer who uses his skills to commit illegal acts is sometimes known as a(n) snacker. _________________________

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Definitions:

Representativeness Heuristic

A mental shortcut that involves making judgments about the probability of an event under uncertainty, based on how much it resembles the typical case.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person’s mind when evaluating a topic, concept, method, or decision.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut used in decision making, where an individual relies on the similarity between the item in question and a category prototype.