Simone sees a person walking out of a bookstore carrying a bag. “I’ll bet he bought a book,” she concludes. She’s likely to be correct; but then again, the bag might contain a magazine, greeting cards, stationery, or some other purchase from some other store. What did Simone rely on to reach her speedy, probably correct, but possibly wrong conclusion?

A) Reflective analysis
B) Attributions
C) Heuristics
D) Implicit personality theory

C) Heuristics

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