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Stereotypes Spring to Mind Easily

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Stereotypes spring to mind easily. Therefore, people sometimes use them to judge the frequency of certain events, such as crimes in a given neighborhood. This example BEST describes the use of the _____ heuristic.


Definitions:

Stable

Characterized by consistency, permanence, and resistance to change over time.

Unstable

Characterizes a state or condition that lacks consistency, predictability, or emotional steadiness.

Belief Perseverance

A tendency to continue to view an initial assumption as correct despite evidence to the contradictory.

Self-serving Bias

In attribution, the tendency for people to take personal credit for acts that yield positive outcomes and to deflect blame for bad outcomes by attributing them to external causes.

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