Research on the Conjunction Fallacy Shows That

Multiple Choice

Research on the conjunction fallacy shows that

A) people pay more attention to statistical probability than to heuristic strategies.
B) people pay too much attention to sample size.
C) people sometimes believe that the probability of a combination of two attributes is statistically more likely than the probability of one of those attributes.
D) people simply misunderstand the instructions because the material is so vivid; when the task is explained, the conjunction fallacy disappears.