Judith Is a Third-Year Undergraduate Student Who Lists Her Interests

question 105

Multiple Choice

Judith is a third-year undergraduate student who lists her interests as computer gaming,programming,and helping others.Based on this description,you might assume that Judith is more likely to be a computer science major than a psychology major.Your judgment is likely based on the __________ heuristic but might be wrong due to the __________.

• A)availability;base rate fallacy
• B)representative;overconfidence bias
• C)availability;overconfidence bias
• D)representative;base rate fallacy

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Definitions:

Independent Variable

The variable in an experiment or study that is manipulated or changed to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

Dependent Variable

A dependent variable is the outcome or response that researchers are interested in explaining or predicting, typically manipulated or influenced by the independent variable.

Dependent Variable

A variable in an experiment that is expected to change in response to changes in the independent variable.

Independent Variable

An independent variable is a variable that is manipulated or varied by the researcher to investigate its effect on the dependent variable in an experiment.