Question

ohn learns about Michelle, a student at a state university in NY, who has blond hair, enjoys the summer, and likes the beach. John assumes she is from California (given the stereotypes about women from California) despite the fact that over 85% of students at this state university are from NY. This is best explained by divergent thinking. algorithms. knowledge of the base rate. the representativeness bias. convergent thinking.

Answer 1

The representative's bias

Explanation:

Representatives bias is a cognitive bias. In this bias, an individual will categories the situation on the bases of the previous experience. It is very useful when a person wants to take a quick decision. But it is limited for those who are stereotyped. It includes many representative heuristic biases.

Thus here in the above statement, John gets to know about Michelle who is blonde hair, likes the beach and lived in Newyork. John assumes that she is from California because 85% of students were from California. This is the best example of representative bias