Cissy Likes to Drive Fast, Counting on Her Matronly Appearance

question 181

Multiple Choice

Cissy likes to drive fast, counting on her matronly appearance and southern charm to avoid getting a speeding ticket. She believes that most speeders who get tickets are young males driving high-performance cars, so she was surprised when an officer pulled her over and gave her a $200 speeding ticket despite the fact that she had three kids in her SUV with soccer balls and uniforms in the back. Cissy was misled by _____ inher belief that she was highly unlikely to get a speeding ticket.

• A)the representativeness heuristic
• B)the belief-bias effect
• C)the confirmation bias
• D)the availability heuristic

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Definitions:

Uterus

In mammals, expanded portion of the female reproductive tract through which eggs pass to the environment or in which an embryo develops and is nourished before birth.

Hormones

Chemical substances produced in the body that regulate the activity of cells or organs, essential for every activity of life, including the processes of digestion, metabolism, growth, reproduction, and mood control.

Mammary Lobules

Glandular structures within the breast that contain clusters of milk-producing alveoli; they are responsible for milk production during lactation.

Prolactin

Hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary that stimulates the production of milk from the mammary glands.