You Walk into Your Classroom Just as the Class Before

question 72

Multiple Choice

You walk into your classroom just as the class before yours is getting out. You notice two people standing by lectern at the front of the classroom: a 50-year old man and a 26-year old woman. You assume the man is the instructor and the woman is the student because most of your professors are older men. This is an example of

• A) the availability heuristic.
• B) the representativeness heuristic.
• C) the overconfidence phenomenon.
• D) the confirmation bias.

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