An interviewer is asking people on the street questions about the mayor of their town. He tells them that the new mayor has a Ph
D in sociology, has specialized in women's and gender studies, and has published several research papers in peer-reviewed journals. The interviewer presents the people with two situations and asks which is more probable. He asks them if it is more probable that the mayor is a women's rights activist or a politician who is also a college professor. If the interviewees pick the first situation, which error in judgment are they committing
When the interviewee picks the first situation, the error in judgement they have committed the conjunction bias or fallacy. This bias is also called the Linda problem. It is a bias that happens due to the assumption that some specific conditions are more likely to happen than a particular general one.
After the Constitution was created, there were anti-federalists who felt that there needs to be Bill of Rights that would provide rights to individuals and that the government shouldn't have too much power over them.
