You hear that one of the Velazquez children is an outstanding Little League player and immediately conclude it's their one son,rather than any of their four daughters.You reach your quite possibly erroneous conclusion as the result of the ____.
A) confirmation bias
B) anchoring heuristic
C) representativeness heuristic
D) multi-attribute hypothesis

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The representativeness heuristic refers to our tendency to judge the likelihood of an event based on how it matches with our pre-existing prototypes or mental representations of a category. In this case, the prototype of a Little League player might be seen as male, leading to the conclusion that the outstanding player must be the son rather than any of the daughters.

You Hear That One of the Velazquez Children Is an Outstanding