David judges the joint occurrence of two uncertain events as being more likely than the occurrence of either of the events alone. David is doing which of the following?

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David is committing the conjunction fallacy, which occurs when people judge the likelihood of two events occurring together as higher than the likelihood of each event occurring alone. This violates the laws of probability and demonstrates how people often use heuristics (mental shortcuts) rather than logical analysis when making judgments. The other options (representativeness heuristic, availability heuristic, confirmation bias) are not relevant to the scenario described.

David Judges the Joint Occurrence of Two Uncertain Events as Being