Crissy Likes to Drive Fast, Counting on Her Matronly Appearance

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Multiple Choice

Crissy likes to drive fast, counting on her matronly appearance and southern charm to avoid getting a speeding ticket. She believes that most speeders who get tickets are young males driving high-performance cars, so she was surprised when an officer pulled her over and gave her a $200 speeding ticket despite the fact that she had three kids with soccer balls and uniforms in the back of her SUV. Crissy was misled by the _____ in her belief that she was highly unlikely to get a speeding ticket.

• A)representativeness heuristic
• B)belief-bias effect
• C)confirmation bias
• D)availability heuristic

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