Question

Tonya is trying to decide which candidate to vote for in the upcoming election. The two candidates have similar positions, and Tonya is having a hard time choosing between them. She decides, therefore, simply to vote for the one who looks more like her idea of a "natural leader." It seems that Tonya is using ________ to make her decision.

Answer 1

Attribute Substitution

Step-by-step explanation:

A psychological process that underlies perceptual illusions and cognitive biases is called attribute substituion.

It occurs when the individual makes a judgement that is complex and substitutes it with heuristic attribute.

It is believed to take place in automatic intuitive judgement system instead of the reflective system that is self-aware.

e.g If a student answers difficult question, he may be answering similar to different question without even realising that a substitution has taken place.

So, we can say that Tonya is using attribute substitution.