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... condition received what was purported to be actual mean evaluations ( on five - point , excellent - to - poor scales ) , based on the reports of the dozens of students who had taken each course the preceding term . Subjects in a " face ...
... condition received what was purported to be actual mean evaluations ( on five - point , excellent - to - poor scales ) , based on the reports of the dozens of students who had taken each course the preceding term . Subjects in a " face ...
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... condition , actors and observers exhibited the traditional differences in causal perceptions , with the observers attributing the actors ' behavior more to dispositional factors than the actors did . A similar , indeed slightly ...
... condition , actors and observers exhibited the traditional differences in causal perceptions , with the observers attributing the actors ' behavior more to dispositional factors than the actors did . A similar , indeed slightly ...
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... condition for engineers were asked to estimate " the probability that Jack is one of the 30 engineers in the sample ... condition also produced an estimate of .05 in the " high " base - rate condition ; the sketch that produced an ...
... condition for engineers were asked to estimate " the probability that Jack is one of the 30 engineers in the sample ... condition also produced an estimate of .05 in the " high " base - rate condition ; the sketch that produced an ...
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inferential problems and the formal scientific | 8 |
summary | 15 |
the representativeness heuristic | 24 |
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