Question

William Davies, a guest relations executive at a five star deluxe hotel, regularly interacts with bureaucrats, politicians, celebrities, and other prosperous individuals. He feels that all rich people are kind, hardworking, and friendly. Which of the following is Davies most likely to be characterized by?

A) confirmation bias
B) self-serving bias
C) randomness error
D) halo effect
E) hindsight bias

Answer 1

C seems to be the correct answer.

William Davies has, randomly, gotten lucky and has only met kind, hardworking, and friendly people.

He is drawing conclusions about all rich people from the small random selection of people that he has met.