According to Your Authors, Which Cognitive Heuristic Is Most Salient

question 81

Multiple Choice

According to your authors, which cognitive heuristic is most salient in the formation of stereotypes?

• A)The availability heuristic
• B)The representativeness heuristic
• C)Thin slicing
• D)The door-in-the-face bias

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