College Students Incorrectly Judge That Death by Plane Crash Is

question 91

Multiple Choice

College students incorrectly judge that death by plane crash is more frequent than death from asthma. In fact, asthma is 20 times more likely to cause death. Which of the following explains this error in judgment?

• A) use of the means-end analysis heuristic
• B) use of the availability heuristic
• C) use of the representativeness heuristic
• D) use of the conjunction rule

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