Seventy Percent of the Students in a Classroom Are Women

question 65

Multiple Choice

Seventy percent of the students in a classroom are women and 30 percent are men. One student is described as ambitious, athletic, and assertive. Why are most people likely to think this description refers to a male student?

• A) They are using the availability heuristic.
• B) They are using the representativeness heuristic.
• C) People seek only confirming information.
• D) People tend to make relative comparisons.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Development

The process through which a person's ability to think, understand, and learn evolves over the course of their life, starting from infancy.

Symbolic Functions

Cognitive operations that enable a person to use symbols, signs, or objects to represent something that is not physically present.

Preoperational Stage

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, typically from ages 2 to 7, characterized by symbolic thinking, egocentrism, and difficulty understanding conservation.

Motor Skill

A learned ability to cause a predetermined movement outcome with maximum certainty, often involving the coordination of muscles and mind.