Nkeis decides to buy a small car because it is good for the environment.When she goes to look at small cars,she is surprised that they come in luxury versions,because she expected them to be very basic and uncomfortable.Nkeis has been using:
A) confirmation bias
B) the framing effect
C) the representativeness heuristic
D) the availability heuristic

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Nkeis's expectation that small cars are basic and uncomfortable is based on a stereotype or prototype of small cars, which is an example of the representativeness heuristic.

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