A Student Who Works at a Record Store and Plays

question 89

Multiple Choice

A student who works at a record store and plays in a rock band thinks for a minute about his own music-purchasing habits,and then makes a quick guess about the number of other students who buy more than 30 CDs a year.He grossly overestimates.He has probably applied the

• A) availability heuristic.
• B) representativeness heuristic.
• C) primacy heuristic.
• D) anchoring and adjustment heuristic.

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Definitions:

Reflexively

Acting in an automatic or involuntary manner without conscious thought.

Conservation

In psychology, it refers to a child's ability to understand that quantities remain constant despite changes in their shape or arrangement, as elaborated by Jean Piaget. In environmental science, it pertains to the preservation and protection of natural resources.

Object Permanence

The concept that things continue to exist even when they are not visible, audible, or tangible.

Secure Attachment

A type of attachment characterized by trust, a sense of security, and positive relationships, typically developing from consistent caregiver responses in early childhood.