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 heuristic.
b) They are using the representativeness heuristic.
c) People seek only confirming information.
d) People tend to make relative comparisons.

ANS: b

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