Seventy percent of the students in a classroom are women and 30 percent are men. One student is described as ambitious, athletic, and assertive. Why are most people likely to think this description refers to a male student?
a. They are using the availability bias.
b. They are using the representativeness bias.
c. People seek only confirming information.
d. People tend to make relative comparisons.
e. People base their assumptions on what the media tells us is common.
b. They are using the representativeness bias.
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