Stereotypes Spring to Mind Easily

Multiple Choice

Stereotypes spring to mind easily. Therefore, we sometimes use them to judge the frequency of certain events, such as crimes in a given neighborhood. This example BEST describes the use of the ________ heuristic.

A) frequency
B) representativeness
C) confirmation
D) availability
I don't like this question. It's too easy to assume that stereotypes are representative of a particular group and thus make the assumption that this is related to representativeness heuristic. I would recommend putting a different alternative to