When Becky Meets Her New Roommate, She Sees That She

Multiple Choice

When Becky meets her new roommate, she sees that she has her hair dyed blue and has decorated her side of the room with lots of handmade ceramic pots and paintings. She then assumes that her roommate has multiple piercings and listens to punk rock. She has used the __________ heuristic in making this assumption.

A) base rate
B) availability
C) representativeness
D) anchoring and adjustment