1.)

a) What are at least 4 things we tend to "worry about that we should Not"?? b) What are at least 4 things we tend to ignore that we should worry more about??

2.) Is the fact that we tend to worry about the wrong things more due to the representativeness heuristic or the availability heuristic (and NOT using base rate information)? Why? How are you going to keep straight the difference between representativeness and availability (and NOT using base rate information) for your own life and the upcoming exam? Is representativeness or availability more related to stereotypes? Why?

3.) Is believing that drugs, alcohol, and suicide account for most teenage deaths related more to representativeness or availability? Why? Why is this a very important example/application to think about?

4.) How is representativeness and availability related to your own life?

5.) For each of the following, describe what they are and why is it important to think about for your own life. Confirmation/ confirmatory bias hindsight bias (or "I knew it all along")

6.) What is one main way [emphasized in your instructor's Power Points and your study guide (Nisbett et al., 1987)] that judgments, decision-making, reasoning, & critical thinking can be improved and errors and biases decreased or improved upon?