The Availability Heuristic Is _____

question 95

Multiple Choice

The availability heuristic is _____.

• A) a rule of thumb for judging the probability of category membership by how well an object resembles a category
• B) the fact that the likelihood of two uncertain events occurring together cannot be greater than the likelihood of either event occurring alone
• C) the belief that a chance event that has not occurred for a while is more likely to occur
• D) a rule of thumb that the more easily we remember an event, the more probable it is

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Definitions:

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