Seventy Percent of the Students in a Classroom Are Women

Multiple Choice

Seventy percent of the students in a classroom are women and 30 percent are men. One student is described as ambitious, athletic, and assertive. Why are most people likely to think this description refers to a male student?

A) The anchoring effect can lead to gender bias.
B) They are using the representativeness heuristic.
C) People seek only confirming information.
D) People tend to make relative comparisons.