A Physician Is Trying to Convince a Man That He

question 27

Multiple Choice

A physician is trying to convince a man that he must give up smoking.The man initially believes that the probability of lung cancer is increased by only 10% if he smokes.Why are decision-making heuristics relevant to this situation?

• A)The situation will encourage the conjunction fallacy.
• B)The probability of an illusory correlation is increased.
• C)Familiarity distorts availability judgments.
• D)The man's estimate will be influenced by a low anchor.

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