An admissions director for a college decides to keep the existing admissions policy since 80 percent of the students admitted eventually graduate. Unknown to her, 90 percent of the rejected applicants would also have been successful graduates
. Her decision-making process is hampered by __________.
a. the availability heuristic
b. creating subgoals
c. hill-climbing
d. the representativeness heuristic
Answer a % correct 58 a= 58 b= 4 c= 0 d= 38 r= 50.
Psychology
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