When People Are Asked Which Is More Common,death by Homicide

question 48

Multiple Choice

When people are asked which is more common,death by homicide or death by stroke,they often choose homicide because they hear more about murders than they do about strokes.In this instance,people are led astray in their judgments by:

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

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Definitions:

Biconditional

A logical statement that is true if both its components are either true or false together.

Self-Contradiction

Self-contradiction is a logical inconsistency whereby a statement contradicts itself directly or indirectly, rendering it logically impossible.

Main Component

The primary or most important part of a system.

Conjunct

An element of a conjunction in logic, where each conjunct must be true for the whole conjunction to be true.