Topic: Disscussion 3

For each of the heuristics (availability, representativeness, counterfactual thinking) discussed in chapter 3, provide a

personal example that illustrates how you have used the heuristic to make a decision or solve a problem. In which of these

cases has relying on the heuristic been helpful? In which of these cases might you have been misled by relying on the

heuristic?

Text: Aronson, Wilson, & Akert (2010). Social Psychology, 7th Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall: NJ.