Question

251. Suppose you consider elderly people to be infirm and mentally slow. Every

time you see elderly people in need of care or assistance, you take it as
evidence of your belief, while ignoring the many cases of healthy, active
elderly people. Th is is an example of:
(A) Representative heuristic
(B) Availability heuristic
(C) Prototype
(D) Confirmation bias
(E) Functional fixedness

Answer 1

The example provided is an example of confirmation bias.

Step-by-step explanation:

The example provided, where someone considers all elderly people to be infirm and mentally slow based on the instances of elderly people in need of care or assistance, while disregarding the many cases of healthy, active elderly people, is an example of confirmation bias.