According to the representative heuristic, people will tend to think that Karen is a vegetarian if:

A. they have just read a book about vegetarians.
B. Karen has many of the characteristics of a stereotypical vegetarian.
C. if the fraction of vegetarians in the population is increasing.
D. they themselves are vegetarians.


Answer: B

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