Dr. Anna Smith is a clinical psychologist. She just heard about someone who had a bad reaction to a medication. She knows that this medication has worked well with many of her clients who have experienced depression during the last few months
With respect to decision-making heuristics, she should be concerned that her future decisions about this medication might be influenced by
a. the conjunction fallacy.
b. the relationship between illusory correlations and the representativeness heuristic.
c. anchoring and adjustment.
d. the tendency for recency to influence availability.
Ans: d
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