Cognitive Perspective
-Roxanna goes to the doctor after feeling ill for a several days. When she comes home after her visit, her mother asks, "What did he say?" Roxanna corrects her mother, explaining that her doctor is a woman. What heuristic did Roxanna's mother use?

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Representativeness is when a person estimates the likelihood that something belongs in a category. In this example, Roxanna's mother assumes that the doctor is a man. Although Roxanna's mother is probably aware than many doctors are women, she has likely had more experience with male doctors than female, leading her to assume that Roxanna's doctor is also a man.

Cognitive Perspective -Roxanna Goes to the Doctor After Feeling Ill for a for a Several