State Lottery Officials Send Residents a Facsimile of a Contest-Winning

question 206

Multiple Choice

State lottery officials send residents a facsimile of a contest-winning check for over $5 million to encourage them to imagine themselves as possible winners.The lottery promoters are most clearly exploiting the influence of

• A) confirmation bias.
• B) belief perseverance.
• C) an algorithm.
• D) the availability heuristic.

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Definitions:

Populist Party

A political party in the United States in the late 19th century that represented the interests of farmers and laborers.

Small Farmers

Individuals who own and operate smaller plots of land, primarily for the cultivation of crops and raising livestock, often for family consumption and local markets.

Whig Party

A political party active in the mid-19th century United States, advocating for federal government involvement in the economy and opposed to the Democratic Party's policies.

Slavery

was a system in which individuals were owned by others as property and forced to work without rights or compensation.