Estimating the Likelihood of Events in Terms of How Well

question 52

Multiple Choice

Estimating the likelihood of events in terms of how well they seem to represent,or match,particular prototypes is referred to as

• A) overconfidence.
• B) the representativeness heuristic.
• C) belief perseverance.
• D) the availability heuristic.

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