Gambling casinos sometimes put a sign up near the roulette wheel that tells players what the last ten or twenty spins were. This leads the players to believe that they can predict the upcoming spin based on the last spins. Players who fall for this are making
A. a confirmation bias.
B. the gambler's fallacy.
C. the availability heuristic.
D. representativeness errors.
Answer: B
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a. follow the eye gaze of another individual c. mimic another's head motion b. look at eyes for a prolonged period d. blink repeatedly in a pattern
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A) ?latent inhibition B) ?overshadowing C) ?blocking D) ?occasion setting