When Becky meets her new roommate, she sees that she has her hair dyed blue and has decorated her side of the room with lots of handmade ceramic pots and paintings. She then assumes that her roommate has multiple piercings and listens to punk rock
She has used the ________ heuristic in making this assumption.
a. base rate
b. availability
c. representativeness
d. anchoring and adjustment
Answer: C
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