It Has Been Observed That People Surveyed Shortly After Major

question 63

Multiple Choice

It has been observed that people surveyed shortly after major air crashes estimate higher probabilities that a given flight will crash than people surveyed during intervals without any.The error in reasoning observed in this experiment results from:

• A)availability heuristics.
• B)representative heuristics.
• C)population heuristics.
• D)selection bias.

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