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Decision Making

Question 8 • Psychology - EL2084

The belief that the odds of two events occurring together are greater than the odds of either event occurring alone is the __________.

Answer
A
representativeness heuristic
B
gambler’s fallacy
C
availability heuristic
D
conjunction fallacy

Explanation

The conjunction fallacy is the mistaken belief that two events happening together are more likely than either event happening alone. In probability, the chance of A and B occurring together cannot be greater than the chance of A alone or B alone. So the correct choice is the conjunction fallacy.

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