Byron has been watching his new neighbor for a week. She drives a sporty car, carries a cell phone, and wears nothing but blue business suits. Byron decides his new neighbor must be a lawyer. In this case, Byron seems to have formed an opinion about his new neighbor's occupation based on
A) the hindsight bias.
B) the availability heuristic.
C) the representativeness heuristic.
D) the base-rate fallacy.

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Byron seems to have formed a stereotypical representation of what a lawyer looks like based on the limited information he has observed about his neighbor's behavior and appearance. This is an example of the representativeness heuristic, where people make judgments or assumptions based on how closely something resembles a typical or familiar prototype.

Byron Has Been Watching His New Neighbor for a Week