After learning that her two best friends had just lost their jobs, Julia began to grossly overestimate the national rate of unemployment. Julia’s estimation best illustrates the consequences of the:

a. illusory correlation
b. illusion of control
c. availability heuristic
d. representativeness heuristic


Ans: C

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B. You won't need a science or math center since children don't start these subjects until they're older.
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