Question

Peter is waiting to meet his new doctor. A person comes into the waiting room dressed in jeans and an informal shirt. There is another person who comes in who has a lab coat on. The fact that Peter assumes his doctor is the one in the lab coat, even though he is wrong, is an example of the:
A. Self-fulfilling prophecy
B. Social cognition effect
C. Fundamental attribution error
D. Representativeness heuristic.

Answer 1

D. Representativeness heuristic

Answer 2

The appropriate response is Fundamental attribution error. It is our inclination to clarify somebody's conduct in light of inner components, for example, identity or mien, and to think little of the impact that outside elements, for example, situational impacts, have on someone else's conduct.