The anchoring and adjustment heuristic is a decision-making heuristic in which:
A) a presumption or first estimate serves as a cognitive bias.
B) our estimates of frequency or probability are based on how easy it is to find examples of relevant events.
C) our estimates about events are based on the populations of events that they appear to represent.
D) a decision is based solely on the most recently available evidence.
A
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Luther is a graduate student in clinical psychology, and his thesis research centers around uncovering the precursors of generalized anxiety disorder in college undergraduates. The main question he is asking is. "Why do college undergraduate students seem more susceptible to the symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder than non-students of the same age?" Which goal of psychology is Luther's research exploring?
a. Description b. Explanation c. Prediction d. Control