Many Smokers Like to Associate Themselves to the Late George

question 162

Multiple Choice

Many smokers like to associate themselves to the late George Burns,a famous actor who smoked cigars continuously for many years and lived to be nearly a hundred,as evidence that smoking is relatively harmless.These individuals tend to ignore the thousands of people who die every year from lung cancer.They are illustrating

• A)the availability heuristic.
• B)confirmation bias.
• C)the representativeness heuristiC.
• D)hindsight bias.

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