Which of the Following Best Describes the Base Rate Fallacy

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the base rate fallacy?

• A) the tendency to treat chance events as though they have a built-in, evening-out mechanism
• B) the tendency of people to continue to believe that something is true even when it is revealed to be false or has been disproved
• C) the tendency to infer an unwarranted causal relationship between two events that are unrelated
• D) the tendency of people to discount valid information and choose to concentrate on other information

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Definitions:

Neurons

Specialized cells in the nervous system that transmit information to other nerve cells, muscle, or gland cells.

Glia

Non-neuronal cells in the nervous system that provide support and protection for neurons, playing critical roles in brain function.

Electrical Charge

A physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field.

Millivolts

A unit of electric potential equal to one-thousandth of a volt, commonly used in measuring small voltage differences.