Although There Are Only a Few Runners on Your College

question 130

Multiple Choice

Although there are only a few runners on your college track team, you see a woman on campus who has the physique of a runner. You decide that she's a member of the track team. Your conclusion is based on __________.

• A) the representativeness heuristic
• B) the availability heuristic
• C) base rate information
• D) biased sampling

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Definitions:

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