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
Answer: A
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