Question

Sam knows one person from the chess club who is great with computers, so he thinks everyone in the chess club must be good with computers. This is an example of:

A. situational disposition
B. base rate fallacy
C. facilitation
D. representativeness heuristic

Answer 1

Just did the answer, base rate fallacy

Answer 2

B. Base rate fallacy.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is a formal fallacy that focuses on specific information of one case and ignores the base rate information of the others.

In this case, Sam focuses on the specific information of the person he knew from the chess club and ignores to search for information about the other members of the club.

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