Question

question 7 of 10
sam knows one person from the chess club who is great with computers, so he thinks everyone in the chess club must be good with computers. this is an example of:

a. base rate fallacy.

b. facilitation.

c. representativeness heuristic.

d. situational disposition.

Explanation:

The representativeness heuristic involves making judgments about a group based on a single (or small number of) representative case(s). Sam uses one person from the chess club (who is good with computers) to generalize that all in the club are good with computers. The base rate fallacy relates to ignoring base rates in probability, facilitation is about enhancing processes (not relevant here), and situational disposition is not a recognized term for this kind of reasoning error.

Answer:

C. representativeness heuristic.