An Admissions Director for a College Decides to Keep the Existing

Multiple Choice

An admissions director for a college decides to keep the existing admissions policy since 80% of the students admitted eventually graduate. Unknown to her, 90 percent of the rejected applicants would also have been successful graduates. Her decision- making process is hampered by ________.

A) the representativeness heuristic
B) the availability heuristic
C) hill-climbing
D) creating subgoals