Julie is single woman living in southern California. She is an independent thinker and plays the piano. She regularly donates money to her local animal shelter. If I think that it is more likely that Julie has pets and is a bank teller than it is that she is just a bank teller, I am making a/an

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This is an example of a conjunctive error, where the probability of two events happening together (being a bank teller and having pets) is incorrectly judged to be more likely than just one of those events happening on its own (being a bank teller).

Julie Is Single Woman Living in Southern California