Cissy Likes to Drive Fast, Counting on Her Matronly Appearance

question 108

Multiple Choice

Cissy 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 is surprised when an officer pulls her over and gives her a $200 speeding ticket, despite the fact that she has three kids in her SUV with soccer balls and uniforms in the back. Cissy was misled by _____ in her belief that she was highly unlikely to get a speeding ticket.

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

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