Question

Suppose you are telling your friend about a person you just met. You tell your friend that this person seemed very compassionate and was interested in helping others; however, you can’t recall what their profession is. Your friend will probably think the person is a ____, because they are using the ____ heuristic.
A) availability; nurse
B) availability; businesswoman
C) representativeness; nurse
D)- representativeness; businesswoman
E) priming; businesswoman

Answer 1

Answer:

Representatives, Nurse

Explanation:

A representative heuristic is a biased thinking pattern. It occurs when people get confused in deciding on the same objects that are related to the outcomes of the probability. It is a common error in thought pattern  among people. It is a major issue of heuristic that is related to availability and effect. To measure the probability of an object or an event it has been used. There are same shortcuts used by people in the context related to heuristics