The Folding Problem in Which You Are Asked to Estimate

question 3

Multiple Choice

The folding problem in which you are asked to estimate the thickness of a 0.1 millimeter sheet of paper folded in on itself 100 times illustrates how the _____ can lead to dramatic underestimates of the correct answer to an estimation problem.

• A) representativeness heuristic
• B) availability heuristic
• C) anchoring and adjustment heuristic
• D) conjunction rule

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