What is a representativeness heuristic?
A. A heuristic which is informed, in part, from cultural influences
B. A heuristic in which we make quick judgments about people and things based on whether or not we have an immediate positive or negative emotional reaction to them
C. A heuristic in which we rely on the degree to which something is representative of a category, rather than the base rate, to help us judge whether or not it belongs in the category
D. A heuristic in which we use the ease with which we can recall instances of an event to help us estimate the frequency of the event
Answer: C
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