Question

Suppose that you hear about a friend who graduated from your college in performing arts. In addition, suppose that you judge that she is more likely to be selling insurance AND actively participating in a community theater than she is to be selling insurance. You have committed a/an_______ .

Answer 1

Answer:

The Conjunction Fallacy

Explanation:

Fallacy is used to describe a misleading or deceptive statement. The conjunction fallacy however is an error in which an individual believes that two different events or conditions happening cocurrence is more feasible than one of those event or conditions happening alone. In this case, the individual believes it's more probable that her friend is engaged in both selling insurance AND actively participating in a community theater than her just doing maybe the sales of insurance alone. Individuals with this reasoning error believes that conjunction of 2 conditions is more probable than doing one of those conditions.