The representativeness heuristic refers to the tendency
A) to choose an alternative that is good enough rather than the best.
B) for people to influence an initial anchor point.
C) to evaluate probabilities of an event or an object by how closely it resembles another event or object.
D) to estimate the probability of something occurring by how easily we can recall those events.
E) for decision makers to evaluate alternatives sequentially rather than comparing them all at once.

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The representativeness heuristic involves evaluating the probability of an event by comparing it to an existing prototype or stereotype in our minds, rather than using actual statistical probability.

The Representativeness Heuristic Refers to the Tendency