If one does not pay attention to the underlying probability of an event occurring, faulty decisions are made due to
a. ignoring the base rate.
b. the framing effect.
c. the representativeness heuristic.
d. "thinslicing."
ANSWER: a
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15. 20. 25. 30.
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