Tom Is Considering Moving to a New City

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Multiple Choice

Tom is considering moving to a new city.He reads that the employment rate in that city is 90%,which he thinks is very favorable.Ted is considering moving to the same city,but he reads that the unemployment rate is 10%,which he thinks is unacceptably high.Why would Tom and Ted reach such different conclusions based on the same statistics?

• A)Tom received inFormation that was framed in a favorable way,whereas Ted received the exact same inFormation but framed in an unfavorable way.
• B)Tom used base-rate data,but Ted used anecdotal data when Forming his decision.
• C)Tom relied on the representativeness heuristic when making his decision,whereas Ted relied on the availability heuristic.
• D)Neither Tom nor Ted fully considered other cities,so both their judgments were guided by the conjunction fallacy.

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Definitions:

Universality of Emotions

The theory that certain emotions are experienced and recognized in similar ways by people across different cultures.

Ekman's Research

Pertains to the study of facial expressions, identifying universal emotions across cultures by psychologist Paul Ekman.

Investigators

Individuals who carry out a formal inquiry or systematic study, often used in the context of police, scientific, or academic research.

Display Rules

Socially learned norms that dictate the appropriate emotional expressions in various situations.