The Text Suggests That Illusory Covariations Arise from the Fact

question 23

Multiple Choice

The text suggests that illusory covariations arise from the fact that participants

• A) base their covariation estimates only on a small sample of the data that are available to them.
• B) are generally dogmatic and make their judgments with little regard for the data.
• C) do not know how to compute covariation, so they use an estimation strategy that is little better than guessing.
• D) do not know how to make these judgments, so performance improves once the participant gains some expertise.

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