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

question 21

Multiple Choice

When people are asked which is more common,death by homicide or death by stroke,they often choose homicide because they simply 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) the stereotypic bias.
• C) the confirmation bias.
• D) the availability heuristic.

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