Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

1) The availability heuristic refers to people purchasing what is most easily accessible.
2) The self-serving bias causes people to act only in their self-interest.
3) The overconfidence effect exists when people underestimate their chances of being wrong.
4) Framing effects may cause the same person to view the same new situation differently
depending on whether that new situation makes him or her better or worse off.


1) F
2) F
3) T
4) T

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