Itzhak Is Trying to Decide Whether to Take Art History

question 23

Multiple Choice

Itzhak is trying to decide whether to take art history from Professor Nguyen or from Professor Molyneaux. He looks up the past grading distributions for both professors. They both give 50 percent As and Bs. Professor Nguyen says that he gives 20 percent As and Professor Molyneaux says that he gives 30 percent Bs. ____________ predicts that Itzhak will take the class from Professor ____________.

• A) The framing effect; Molyneaux
• B) The framing effect; Nguyen
• C) Affective forecasting; Molyneaux
• D) Affective forecasting; Nguyen

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