During a hospital stay,you observed a man and a woman,both in health professional attire,talking to each other.You assumed that the man was a physician and that the woman was a nurse.Later,you found out the opposite to be true.What type of heuristic did you use during your initial reaction to the two individuals?

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The individual used the representativeness heuristic by assuming that the man was a physician and the woman was a nurse based on their attire and gender, which represent the typical roles expected in the medical profession.

During a Hospital Stay,you Observed a Man and a Woman,both