A Radar Operator Is Trying to Determine Whether Something on the Screen

question 176

Multiple Choice

A radar operator is trying to determine whether something on the screen is a hawk or a missile. Before deciding, the operator should consider which of the two is more common. In other words, the operator should consider

• A) heuristics.
• B) base-rate information.
• C) the prototype.
• D) the cognitive map.

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