David Judges the Joint Occurrence of Two Uncertain Events as Being

question 49

Multiple Choice

David judges the joint occurrence of two uncertain events as being more likely than the occurrence of either of the events alone. David is doing which of the following?

• A) using the representativeness heuristic
• B) using the availability heuristic
• C) committing the conjunction fallacy
• D) displaying confirmation bias

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