One Reason That Decision Makers Often Use the Representativeness Heuristic

question 10

Multiple Choice

One reason that decision makers often use the representativeness heuristic inappropriately is that

• A)they pay too much attention to the base rate.
• B)they do not pay enough attention to sample size.
• C)their decisions are influenced too greatly by a large sample size.
• D)they estimate frequency in terms of how easily they can think of examples that have a particular characteristic.

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