When Leilana Told Her New Friend Saundra About Her Father,she

question 171

Multiple Choice

When Leilana told her new friend Saundra about her father,she described how he was always reading,loved Shakespeare,and often went to the symphony.Saundra was very surprised to learn that Leilana's father was a construction worker as she had assumed he must be a professor or some other professional.Which heuristic led Saundra to make this wrong assumption?

• A) availability heuristic
• B) representative heuristic
• C) probability heuristic
• D) bounded rationality heuristic

---

Definitions:

Neural Connections

Synapses and pathways through which neurons communicate with each other, forming the foundation of all brain functions and activities.

Coma

A deep state of prolonged unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awakened or respond to stimuli.

Visual Cortex

is the part of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing visual information, located in the occipital lobe of the brain.

Occipital Lobe

The rearmost lobe in the brain, responsible for processing visual information from the eyes.