People are usually interested in, and often even moved by, anecdotes about individuals, whereas they rarely even pay attention to statistical information, much less change their beliefs in response to it. However, although anecdotes are generally misleading in that they are about unrepresentative cases, people tend to have fairly accurate beliefs about society. Which one of the following, if true, would most help to explain why people tend to have accurate beliefs about society despite the facts described above?
A: The more emotionally compelling an anecdote is, the more likely it is to change a person's beliefs.
B: Statistical information tends to obscure the characteristics of individuals.
C: Most people recognize that anecdotes tend to be about unrepresentative cases.
D: People tend to base their beliefs about other people on their emotional response to those people.
Choose A, B, C or D as your solution.
C