AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Representativeness Heuristic: Judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes. Representativeness heuristics may lead a person to ignore relevant information, as well as to close-mindedness and stereotypes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The representativeness heuristic is a mental shortcut that we use when estimating probabilities. When we’re trying to assess how likely a certain event is, we often make our decision by assessing how similar it is to an existing mental prototype.

Detailed explanation-3: -The representativeness heuristic involves estimating the likelihood of an event by comparing it to an existing prototype that already exists in our minds. This prototype is what we think is the most relevant or typical example of a particular event or object.

Detailed explanation-4: -The four common types of heuristics include affect, anchoring, availability, and representativeness.

Detailed explanation-5: -Representativeness heuristics are biased judgments made in everyday life. An example of a representativeness heuristic is thinking that because someone is wearing a suit and tie and carrying a briefcase, that they must be a lawyer, because they look like the stereotype of a lawyer.