According to the authors, persons who employ the

assessment technique of graphology are often more influenced by the _____ than they are by the actual differences in people's writing styles.
A) availability heuristic
B) confirmation bias
Incorrect. The confirmation bias may, in fact, come into play in the way a graphologist interprets a particular handwriting sample, but it is not the heuristic that is mentioned by the authors.
C) hindsight bias
D) representativeness heuristic


Answer: D

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