a. The correct answer to the question. b. An explanation as to why you chose tha

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a. The correct answer to the question. b. An explanation as to why you chose that particular answer. c. An explanation as to why the other four choices are not the correct answer to the question. You may use definitions to explain. Question: A televised image of a starving polar bear surrounded by melting icebergs had a greater impact on Mr. Young's perception of the extensiveness of climate change than did a statistical chart summarizing the earth's temperature over the last two hundred years. This suggests that Mr. Young's assessment of the climate change issue is influenced by: a, the representativeness heuristic "H confirmation bias c. fixation -d. the availability heuristic overconfidence

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Correct Answer - D The availability Heuristic

Availability Heuristics are mental shortcuts about a particular concepts which are recalled easily in relation to a concept. In this case the person's information about the the polar bear surrounded by melting icecaps is is readily recalled by him when thinking about the climate change.

a. Representative heuristic involves judging things based on the prototypes, and here the person is not doing that.

b. There is no new information here which confirms the existing belief about global warming

c. Fixation is to think about a something in a fixed way and here this is not happening here.

e. Overconfidence is showing overconfidence in ones own belief and thinking one is right. This is also not the case here.

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