Multiple Choice
Nutz and Boltz, Inc.employs 100 people; 80 are lawyers and 20 are engineers.Albert, a lawyer at the company, is quiet, likes puzzles, and carries a calculator.Most people, when asked whether Albert is a lawyer or an engineer, will guess that he is an engineer.These people are using ________ to make this faulty guess.A correct guess would have been made if they had used ________.
A) the representativeness heuristic; base rate information
B) base rate information; the representativeness heuristic
C) the representativeness heuristic; the availability heuristic
D) base rate information; anchoring and adjustment
Correct Answer:
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Correct Answer:
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