A 16-year-old boy shoots a neighbor for no apparent reason.This vivid example strongly influences people's judgments of all teen boys because people
A) overestimate the impact of social influence on others' behavior.
B) typically categorize other individuals on the basis of barely noticeable characteristics.
C) estimate the frequency of group characteristics in terms of how memorable those characteristics are.
D) strongly resent those who draw a lot of attention to themselves.

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This example is memorable and thus more likely to be used as a basis for people's judgments, leading them to overestimate the frequency of similar behavior in other teen boys, even if that is not representative of the group as a whole.

A 16-Year-Old Boy Shoots a Neighbor for No Apparent Reason