MCAT Question of the Day
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    Q:

    		 Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the Gambler's fallacy cognitive bias?
    		 

    A

    		 A poker player calculates his odds of winning a hand as 8% but places a very high bet nonetheless.

    B

    		 A teenager discounts the risk of smoking because his friends smoke and have not affected their health.

    C

    		 A young woman survives a severe car accident and believes that wearing a seat belt is no longer necessary because the likelihood of being in another severe car accident is exceedingly low.

    D

    		 A student believes that the probability of flipping a quarter twice consecutively has a better chance of landing tails-tails than heads-heads because the side of the coin that is heads is heavier and will thus morel likely land facing down.



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