According to Tooby and Cosmides (1996) Performance on the Harvard

question 17

Multiple Choice

According to Tooby and Cosmides (1996) performance on the Harvard Medical School problem is poor because

• A) The mind did not evolve to deal with frequencies
• B) The mind did not evolve to deal with multiple contingencies
• C) The mind did not evolve to deal with medical problems
• D) The mind did not evolve to deal with single-case probabilities

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