Suppose you meet a woman who opposes the death penalty.You then decide that,generally,women are more likely to oppose the death penalty than are men.That is,you assume that the individual case is depictive of its category.Here you have fallen prey to:

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This is an example of the representativeness heuristic, where the assumption is made that the individual case (i.e., the woman opposing the death penalty) is representative of the category (i.e., women in general). This is based on stereotypes or generalizations about the category rather than considering other relevant information or individual differences.

Suppose You Meet a Woman Who Opposes the Death Penalty