Question

Simon is meek, tidy, quiet, and overly concerned with order and detail. When given the choice of guessing if Simon works at the library or at the hospital, most people guess the library, even though the hospital employs more people. The guess that Simon works at the library is due to____________.

Answer 1

the representative heuristic.

Step-by-step explanation:

Heuristic refers to the mental shortcuts people tend to make while making a decision. There was not always time for people to analyze all information and choices in these cases were made using heuristic. Representative heuristic is a situation where we more like to make errors because the decision is based on representativeness. It enforces the belief that just because an event is representative, it does not ensure its occurrence.

As per the question, the mistake of the profession of Simon was a reflection of the representative heuristic.