Jackie assumes that Antoine belongs to a gang because his jeans sag and he has several tattoos.Which cognitive strategy best explains how Jackie arrived at this judgment?
A) trial-and-error approach
B) algorithms
C) representativeness heuristic
D) prejudicial heuristic

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Jackie seems to be relying on the representativeness heuristic, which involves categorizing people based on how well they seem to fit a certain stereotype or group, rather than examining individual characteristics or behaviors.

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