Question 9 / 50:  Peopleoftenthink that(a) 8x 7x 6x 5x 4x 3x 2x 1is amuchlarger number than

1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 x 7x 8; (b) itis more likely tohave a coin flipped six times come

up with a mix of heads and tails than all heads; and (c) that a person is at greater

risk in the US to die from a terrorist attack than a bathtub accident. These ways of

thinking reflect, in order, what heuristics?

A  (a) representativeness; (b) anchoring; (c) availability
B  (a) availability; (b) representativeness; (c) anchoring
C  (a) representativeness; (b) availability; (c) anchoring
D  (a) anchoring; (b) representativeness; (c) availability
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Attribution:  Gabrieli, John. 9.00 Introduction to Psychology, Spring 2009. (MIT OpenCourseWare: Massachusetts Institute of Technology), http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-00sc-introduction-to-psychology-fall-2011 (Accessed 2 Mar, 2014). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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