Stan and Samantha are the proud parents of three little girls. They decide to have one more child because it seems like they are “due” to have a boy. Stan and Samantha think that most families have both boys and girls therefore they figure the probability the next child will be a boy is high. Stan and Samantha:
A. are correct, since the odds of each sex are 50-50, they are due for a boy
B. have confused representativeness with probability
C. have thoughts of boys more available to them therefore they feel it will occur
D. have three girls that have primed the “boy” concept
B. have confused representativeness with probability
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