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Which of the following is an example of the use of the representativeness heuristic?
(A) Judging that a young person is more likely to be the instigator of an argument than an older person, because you believe younger people are more likely to start fights.
(B) Breaking a math story problem down into smaller, representative parts, in order to solve it.
(C) Judging a situation by a rule that is usually, but not always, true.
(D) Solving a problem with a rule that guarantees the right, more representative, answer.
(E) Making a judgment according to past experiences that are most easily recalled, therefore representative of experience.
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(A) Judging that a young person is more likely to be the instigator of an argument than an older person, because you believe younger people are more likely to start fights.
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The representativeness heuristic is judging a situation based on how similar the aspects are to prototypes the person holds in his or her mind. If a person has a prototype of young people as violent, she or he might use the representativeness heuristic to judge the situation. Breaking the problem down into smaller parts is a problem-solving technique. Judging a situation by a rule that is usually, but not always, true is a description of heuristics in general, not specifically the representativeness heuristic. An algorithm is a rule that guarantees the right answer. Making a judgment according to past experiences that are most easily recalled is the availability heuristic, not the representativeness heuristic.
Posted : 17/02/2024 8:21 pm