Jared, a High School Senior, Was Searching for Colleges and Found

question 29

Multiple Choice

Jared, a high school senior, was searching for colleges and found a website for a school in which all the students were well dressed in the photos. Jared said to himself, "That place looks too sophisticated for me. I want to go somewhere that is more casual," and he left the website. Jared is MOST likely:

• A) engaging in after-the-fact reasoning.
• B) reasoning by representativeness.
• C) using the availability heuristic.
• D) falling prey to hindsight bias.

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