Suppose you meet a woman who killed her stepdaughter,and then later when you meet another woman who is having trouble with her stepdaughter,you are most likely to think that this woman too will kill her stepdaughter.You come to this conclusion as a result of:

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The representativeness heuristic is the tendency to judge the likelihood of an event based on how closely it resembles a prototype or typical example. In this case, the prototype or typical example of a stepmother who harms her stepdaughter has been formed in your mind as a result of your encounter with the first woman, leading you to apply this prototype to the second woman and assuming she is also likely to harm her stepdaughter.

Suppose You Meet a Woman Who Killed Her Stepdaughter,and Then