The tendency to ignore statistical information in favour of representativeness information is known as:

a) the representative heuristic
b) the false consensus effect
c) the base rate fallacy
d) the anchoring heuristic


CORRECT = C

Psychology

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Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology