Suppose Henry meets a woman who opposes the death penalty.From this,Henry decides that women are more likely than men to oppose the death penalty than men.Henry assumes that the individual case is typical of its category.Henry has fallen prey to:

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Henry has used the representativeness heuristic to make a generalization about women and their attitudes towards the death penalty based on one example. This heuristic involves judging the likelihood of an event based on how well it matches or represents a particular prototype or stereotype.

Suppose Henry Meets a Woman Who Opposes the Death Penalty