Ethan and Heather See a Man Stumbling Around as He

Multiple Choice

Ethan and Heather see a man stumbling around as he walks down the street. Ethan, who belongs to Alcoholics Anonymous, thinks the man is drunk, but Heather, who just watched a TV special on Michael J. Fox, thinks the man has Parkinson's disease. These differing interpretations of the same behavior seem to be caused by Ethan and Heather's differences in __________.

A) accessibility
B) current goals
C) stereotypes
D) self-fulfilling prophecies