Say you meet a woman who opposes the death penalty, 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 representative of its category. Here you have fallen prey to __________.

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The representativeness heuristic is the tendency to judge the probability of an event based on how closely it resembles a typical case or stereotype. In this scenario, the assumption that a woman who opposes the death penalty is representative of women in general is an example of the representativeness heuristic.

Say You Meet a Woman Who Opposes the Death Penalty