Identify one heuristic and one bias outlined in the textbook and explain how they might hypothetically impact the evaluation of a study.

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The Answer is The availability heuristic can influence readers' judgment of how likely a claim is true depending on how easily it is imaginable. Therefore, claims that are questionable but seem to make intuitive sense may be more easily believed.
Belief perseverance bias might work in the opposite direction and make true statements more difficult to believe in if the evaluator already has a bias for claims that were previously thought to be true.

Identify One Heuristic and One Bias Outlined in the Textbook