Question

You read a description about a woman named Tyra, who happens to be extremely beautiful and almost six feet tall. You are asked to predict whether Tyra is a model or a science teacher. To do this, you think of your prototypes of a model and a science teacher, and you decide that Tyra is a model. Your reasoning may be faulty due to:

(A) an algorithm.
(B) framing.
(C) the availability heuristic.
(D) the representativeness heuristic.

Answer 1

(D) the representativeness heuristic.

Step-by-step explanation:

The representativeness heuristic is a type of rule that governs decision-making and judgement. The concept was developed in the 1970s, and it is used as a "shortcut" to make a judgement of the probability of an event under uncertainty. This occurs when people judge whether something is representative of a population or not (like Tyra being representative of models). This can lead us to a wrong conclusion because people tend to overestimate the accuracy of such a rule.

Answer 2

the availability heuristic

Step-by-step explanation:

Heuristic means a practical way of solving a problem, learning or discovering something. In this example there are only two facts available: Tyra is extremely beautiful and almost six feet tall. Therefore your practical prediction is based on what is available, and that leads you to the prototype of a model... but you can be wrong!