Question

(URGENT) Dr. Byron is waiting to meet his new part-time assistant, who was a cheerleader in college. When a woman comes in who is trim, with blonde hair & a lot of makeup, he assumes she is the assistant even though she is not. This is an example of: A. confirmation bias B. representativeness heuristic C. self-fulfilling prophecy D. fundamental attribution error

Answer 1

What the person above said

Answer 2

The correct option is;

B. Representative heuristics

Step-by-step explanation:

Representative heuristics can be described as a mental assessment shortcut in judging the representation of objects based on mental perception of prototype categories

Representative heuristics is used to assess the likelihood that an object or an event will belong a particular category such that the actual information regarding the prevalence of the likelihood to which the event or event is categorized to is neglected.