In the Linda problem, if you judge that it is more likely that Linda is a bank teller and active in the feminist movement than that Linda is a bank teller, you are using the _____ heuristic and committing the _____ fallacy.

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This is an example of using the representativeness heuristic, where people judge probabilities based on the degree to which the situation is representative of their stereotypes or knowledge, leading to the conjunction fallacy, which occurs when it is assumed that specific conditions are more probable than a single general one.

In the Linda Problem, If You Judge That It Is