GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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Question
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To determine whether someone is a lawyer, I compare his traits to the “average” lawyer
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To determine whether something is safe, I recall a vivid news story from the night before.
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I take a step by step, methodical approach when determining the answer.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Representativeness Heuristic For example, if we watch TV and see numerous ads with a rugged man driving a pickup truck, we may conclude that pickup trucks are only for rugged men who work outdoors.
Detailed explanation-3: -The representativeness heuristic is a shortcut that we use when attempting to estimate the odds of something being true, such as whether an interview profile came from a lawyer or an engineer.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is the representativeness heuristic? 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.