Question

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.

Answer 1

D it's evident the question is explaining how he's encountered faulty drivers which are teens

Answer 2

According to the attached scenario, it can be concluded that Pierce has prejudice, that is, he is biased in making a conclusion based on his experience. He does not identify all drivers as bad, but only teenagers, not on the basis of some official statistics or studies, but on the basis of what he has seen.  It is probable that every time he saw a bad driver, it was a teenager, which should not be a general conclusion based on someone's specific experience.

The answer is: B.