You walk into a classroom. You notice two people standing by the lectern at the front of the classroom: a middle-aged man and a young woman. You assume that the man is an instructor and the woman is a student because most of your professors are old. This is an example of the:

A. confirmation bias.
B. overconfidence phenomenon.
C. availability heuristic.
D. representativeness heuristic.


Answer: D

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