The Tendency to Make Decisions About What Is Unknown Based

question 72

Multiple Choice

The tendency to make decisions about what is unknown based on what we know is called

• A) trial and error.
• B) the representativeness heuristic.
• C) an algorithmic approach.
• D) the availability heuristic.

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