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Announcements and Academic Talks Test #127
Announcements and Academic Talks
1. What is the professor mainly discussing?
A) The best way to read statistical reports
B) A psychological study on perception
C) The crime rates in different cities
D) A new theory of memory formation
2. What did the study's results suggest?
A) Statistical data is often inaccurate.
B) People are more influenced by dramatic stories.
C) Most people have good recall of events.
D) News reports are the best source of information.
Professor: In our last class, we discussed cognitive biases. Today I want to highlight a recent study on the "availability heuristic." This is our tendency to overestimate the likelihood of events that are more easily recalled. Researchers presented two groups with information. One group read dramatic news stories about crime, while the other read statistical reports. The first group consistently rated the city as more dangerous. This shows how vivid examples can skew our perception of reality more than objective data.
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