The authors of your text report that a college professor asked students to list either two or ten ways to improve the course. Because students used the availability heuristic, which group of students gave the professor the highest course ratings overall?

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The students who were asked to list ten improvements likely rated the course higher overall because they had to think more deeply and critically about the course to come up with ten improvements instead of just two. This would have led them to evaluate the course more thoroughly and notice its positive aspects as well.

The Authors of Your Text Report That a College Professor