Byron Has Been Watching His New Neighbor for a Week

question 153

Multiple Choice

Byron has been watching his new neighbor for a week. She drives a sporty car, carries a cell phone, and wears nothing but blue business suits. Byron decides his new neighbor must be a lawyer. In this case, Byron seems to have formed an opinion about his new neighbor's occupation based on

• A) the hindsight bias.
• B) the availability heuristic.
• C) the representativeness heuristic.
• D) the base-rate fallacy.

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Definitions:

Basic Multicellular Unit

A functional unit of bone, responsible for bone remodeling, consisting of osteoclasts that resorb bone and osteoblasts that form new bone.

Ethmoid

A spongy bone located between the eyes that forms part of the nasal cavity and the orbits of the eyes, contributing to the structure of the face and the sense of smell.

Sphenoid

A complex bone at the base of the skull, involved in the formation of the cranial floor and containing the sphenoid sinus.

Intramembranous

Pertains to a process of bone development where bone forms directly from mesenchymal tissue without a cartilage model.