Todd Is Outgoing, Charming, Creative, and Has a Beautiful Singing

question 44

Multiple Choice

Todd is outgoing, charming, creative, and has a beautiful singing voice. If you were asked to guess what Todd does for a living, and you used the availability heuristic and the conjunction fallacy as you generated your answer, which of the following would you suggest?

• A)Todd is a musician who also works in public relations.
• B)Todd is a musician.
• C)Todd is an accountant.
• D)Todd is an accountant who also watches Canadian Idol.

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