When You Go to the Supermarket,you See the Brand of Cookies

question 39

Multiple Choice

When you go to the supermarket,you see the brand of cookies you usually buy,and settle for it.Usually it is a good rule of thumb because it saves a lot of time.You do not ponder over every type of cookie available in the store.This is an example of a(n) _____.

• A)representativeness heuristic
• B)syllogistic reasoning
• C)algorithm
• D)familiarity heuristic

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Definitions:

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space when these events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Poisson Random Variable

Reflects the number of times a specified event occurs within a fixed interval, assuming events occur independently and at a constant rate.

Poisson Probabilities

The probability distribution that measures the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming these events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Classified Department

A division within an organization or publication that deals with categorized or sorted information, often in the context of classified ads or internal classification.