According to the representative heuristic, people will be more likely to assume that Wendy is a lawyer if:
A)they plan to apply to law school at some point in the future.
B)there are few other lawyers living in the same geographic region.
C)Wendy vehemently denies being a lawyer.
D)Wendy has many of the characteristics of a stereotypical lawyer.

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The representative heuristic is the rule of thumb according to which the likelihood of something belonging to a given category increases with the extent to which it shares characteristics with the stereotypical members of that category.

According to the Representative Heuristic, People Will Be More Likely