On the First Day of Class,we See a Middle-Aged Man

question 29

Multiple Choice

On the first day of class,we see a middle-aged man in the front of the room talking to a younger man.If we assume the older man is a professor and the younger man is a student,we are relying on _____.

• A)the overconfidence phenomenon
• B)the representativeness heuristic
• C)belief perseverance
• D)the misinformation effect

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