Use of the representativeness heuristic can lead to the conjunction fallacy by causing us to do which of the following?

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The representativeness heuristic can lead to the conjunction fallacy because it causes individuals to ignore the conjunction rule (the probability of two events occurring together is always less than or equal to the probability of either one occurring alone), make judgments based on similarity (assuming that because something is more representative, it is also more likely), and disregard objective probabilities in favor of subjective similarity.

Use of the Representativeness Heuristic Can Lead to the Conjunction