Representativeness heuristic
Judging the probability that something belongs to a category based on how well it represents or matches that category.
• Based on similarity and prototypicality
• Judgment fails to consider base rate: The relative proportions of different categories in the population.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Psychology
- Category: General psychology
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