Shevan is playing roulette and notices that the last 10 spins have all landed on a red-colored number, so she decides to bet all of her money that the next spin will land on a black number. Shevan’s decision best illustrates the:
a. gambler’s fallacy
b. base-rate fallacy
c. representativeness heuristic
d. framing effect
Ans: A
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