Some clinicians use the "Draw-a-Person" test, a projective test based on the assumption that the pictures people draw reveal something about their unconscious motives. For example, a clinician might assume that a respondent drawing a person with large eyes is showing signs of paranoia (when people are fearful their eyes are wide). The thinking of this clinician is influenced by the:

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The representativeness heuristic involves making judgments based on how much something resembles a typical case. In this scenario, the clinician assumes that large eyes in a drawing represent paranoia, based on the resemblance to the typical appearance of fearful people.

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