You Read a Description About a Woman Named Tyra,who Happens

question 76

Multiple Choice

You read a description about a woman named Tyra,who happens to be extremely beautiful and almost six feet tall.You are asked to predict whether Tyra is a model or a science teacher.To do this,you think of your prototypes of a model and a science teacher,and decide that Tyra is a model.Your reasoning may be faulty due to

• A) an algorithm.
• B) framing.
• C) the availability heuristic.
• D) the representativeness heuristic.

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Definitions:

Standard Error

The standard deviation of a sampling distribution indicating how much sample means differ from the actual population mean.

Point Estimate

A single value or statistic that serves as the best guess or most likely value for a population parameter based on sample data.

Population Mean

The average value of all individuals in a population.

Margin of Error

A measure of the accuracy of a poll or survey, reflecting the extent to which the results could differ from the true population value.