Someone tells you that if you say abracadabra every morning you will stay healthy. You say it daily, and, sure enough, you stay healthy. You conclude that saying this magic word really does ensure health. What error in thinking have you made?A) failure to use the availability heuristicB) inappropriate use of categorization-by-levelsC) over-reliance on base-rate informationD) premature commitment to one hypothesis

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Someone tells you that if you say abracadabra every morning you will stay healthy. You say it daily, and, sure enough, you stay healthy. You conclude that saying this magic word really does ensure health. What error in thinking have you made?A)  failure to use the availability heuristicB)  inappropriate use of categorization-by-levelsC)  over-reliance on base-rate informationD)  premature commitment to one hypothesis

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Final Answer : D, Explanation :  The individual has made the error of premature commitment to one hypothesis. They have concluded that saying abracadabra ensures health based on a single instance of success without considering other potential factors that may have contributed to their health. This kind of conclusion without careful consideration of all possibilities is a classic error of premature commitment.

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