Last night, George dranj alchohol for the first time. He wakes up wthis morning with a terrible headache and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. At first George thinks he has a hangover but a quick Google search shows that he has more symptoms of brain tumor than a hangover. George incorrectly concludes that he has a brain tumor. In addition to representativeness heuristic, George is using?  A. base rate neglect/base rate fallacy b. the conjunction fallacy  c. the availability heuristic

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Last night, George dranj alchohol for the first time. He wakes up wthis morning with a terrible headache and extreme sensitivity to light and sound. At first George thinks he has a hangover but a quick Google search shows that he has more symptoms of brain tumor than a hangover. George incorrectly concludes that he has a brain tumor. In addition to representativeness heuristic, George is using? 

A. base rate neglect/base rate fallacy

b. the conjunction fallacy 

c. the availability heuristic 

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