Carl is the one person Craig has ever met from New Zealand. Carl strikes Craig as being quite friendly and funny. When asked what he would expect to find if he went to New Zealand, Craig says that he would expect the people to be quite friendly and funny. What might he have used to make this judgment?
A) the representativeness heuristic
B) the confirmation bias
C) framing effects
D) the availability heuristic

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Craig used the representativeness heuristic, where he made a judgment based on how similar New Zealand is to his one prior experience with a New Zealander, Carl.

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