The last part of Chapter 12 noted that researchers such as Kahneman and Tversky are pessimistic about our decision-making skills, whereas researchers such as Gigerenzer are more optimistic. The optimists emphasize that
a. the pessimists focused too much on real-life examples; in the laboratory, people are actually quite accurate.
b. the major decision-making heuristics are actually highly accurate, and they almost always lead us to correct decisions, contrary to the theories advanced by the pessimists.
c. the pessimists underestimate our decision-making accuracy because of factors such as choosing questions that contradict people's schemas.
d. the pessimists have typically sampled groups of people living in the community; in contrast, college students make statistically appropriate decisions.
Ans: c
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