Which statement is NOT true of Gluck and Bower's (1988)study on Bayesian behavior?
A) The proportion of the participants' choices was very close to the true probabilities.
B) Participants consistently overestimated the frequency of the rare disease.
C) Their judgments show no influence of base rate.
D) Participants implicitly used Bayesian behavior.

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Gluck and Bower's (1988) study found that participants did implicitly use Bayesian reasoning, meaning they did take into account the base rate information when making judgments, contrary to choice C which states their judgments show no influence of base rate.

Which Statement Is NOT True of Gluck and Bower's (1988)study