On the first day of class,we see a middle-aged man in the front of the room talking to a younger man.If we assume the older man is a professor and the younger man is a student,we are relying on _____.
A)the overconfidence phenomenon
B)the representativeness heuristic
C)belief perseverance
D)the misinformation effect

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We are using the representativeness heuristic to assume that the older man is the professor and the younger man is the student based on their appearance and location in the classroom.

On the First Day of Class,we See a Middle-Aged Man