An Interviewer Is Asking People on the Street Questions About

question 9

Multiple Choice

An interviewer is asking people on the street questions about the mayor of their town.He tells them that the new mayor has a PhD in sociology,has specialized in women's and gender studies,and has published several research papers in peer review journals.The interviewer presents them with two situations and asks which one of them is more probable.He asks them if it is more probable that the mayor is a women's rights activist,or a politician who is also a college professor.If the interviewees pick the first situation,which error in judgment are they committing?

• A)conjunction fallacy
• B)availability bias
• C)sunk-cost fallacy
• D)optimism bias

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