People think that two events are more likely to occur together than either event is likely to occur individually. This phenomenon is called the:
A) conjunction fallacy.
B) category fallacy.
C) representative heuristic.
D) sunk-cost fallacy.
A) conjunction fallacy.
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What will be an ideal response?
A split-brain patient is shown the word lockbox, with lock in the left visual field and box in the right visual field. The patient is then asked to draw a picture of the word that she just saw using only her left hand. She will draw a picture of a:
A) box with a lock on it. B) box. C) lock. D) key.
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a. fallacy. b. assumption. c. paradigm. d. presumption.