Asked by armando

Read the scenario below and answer the question that follows.

Pierce is driving home. He notices a driver swerving dangerously around the road. He also notices that the driver is a teenager. This is the second teenaged driver that Pierce has noticed driving erratically in the last three months. Pierce believes that teen drivers are the worst drivers.

Based on the vivid cases cognitive bias, why does Pierce believe that teenaged drivers are particularly poor drivers?
A.
Pierce has read many scenarios about how teens are poor drivers.
B.
Pierce is more easily able to recall experiences with poor teen drivers.
C.
Pierce has a prejudice against teenagers in general because of his own youth.
D.
Pierce is blaming the small group of teen drivers for everyone’s bad driving.

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
B. Pierce is more easily able to recall experiences with poor teen drivers.

The vivid-cases bias leads people to overweight memorable, striking examples (like seeing teens drive erratically) when judging how common or typical something is.