Suppose I asked you about the outcomes of a large number of international tennis matches. You have no idea who actually won or lost each match. So, for each match, you decide to pick a winner based on names that you have heard before. If you think you have heard the name before, you pick that person as having won the match. This is typically referred to as:

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The recognition heuristic is a psychological principle that suggests people are more likely to believe that objects or concepts they recognize are more important or superior than those they do not. In the context of choosing winners in tennis matches based on name recognition, this heuristic is at play because the decision is made based on the familiarity of the names rather than any specific knowledge about the players' skills or match outcomes.

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