Often,cases of Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)receive Wide Press

question 83

Multiple Choice

Often,cases of dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder) receive wide press coverage,leading people to believe this disorder is a relatively common psychological problem when,in fact,it is quite rare.People's estimates of the prevalence of dissociative identity disorder may be influenced to a large extent by

• A) the representativeness heuristic.
• B) the conjunction fallacy.
• C) the availability heuristic.
• D) the hindsight bias.

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