Representativeness Heuristic in College Admissions
When evaluating college applications, an admissions officer favors students from prestigious high schools, assuming they are more likely to succeed academically regardless of their individual qualifications. This judgmental error most clearly illustrates the:
A
Functional fixedness
B
Confirmation bias
C
Availability heuristic
D
Representativeness heuristic
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