You Attend a Meeting Where 50% of the People in Attendance

question 168

Multiple Choice

You attend a meeting where 50% of the people in attendance are psychology majors, 10% are engineering majors, 20% are business majors, and 20% are pre-law majors. At this meeting, you meet Charles. Charles is wearing a white button-down shirt and a pair of jeans. He wears glasses and he has a calculator in the front pocket of his shirt. If you base your judgment on the base rate, you should guess that Charles is a(n) ____ major.

• A) psychology
• B) engineering
• C) business
• D) pre-law

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Definitions:

Practical Consciousness

Refers to the tacit knowledge and unarticulated beliefs that individuals use in their daily lives without formal reasoning.

Actions

Behaviors taken by individuals or groups influenced by intentions, motivations, and societal norms.

Agency-Structure Literature

Scholarly discourse that explores the dynamic relationship between individual agency (the capacity to act) and social structures (patterns of social arrangement).

Micro-Level Actors

Individuals or small groups that operate or influence processes at a very local or personal level within larger social systems.