One day, a tree on the Lakewood Golf Course was hit by lightning. The following weekend, Galen continues his golf game near that tree during a thunderstorm because he is certain that lightning will not strike there twice. Galen's decision is based on ____
a. ?gambler's fallacy
b. ?probability heuristic
c. ? loss aversion
d. ?multi-attribute decision making
ANSWER:
a
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