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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the key cell to assess the relationship is (a) the number of Hanta-infected people receiving the drug and six months later were alive (b) the number of Hanta-infected people receiving the drug and six months later were dead (c) the number of Hanta-infected people not receiving the drug and six months later were alive (d) the number of Hanta-infected people not receiving the drug and six months later were dead (e) all of the above
A memory structure used to describe the sequence in which events occur is referred to as
a. a script. c. monitoring. b. rehearsal. d. repeated questioning.