Which of the following is an example of people's reliance on the representativeness heuristic to make decisions or judgements?
Correct answer: C. People are more likely to attribute a case of heartbum to spicy food than bland food
- A. People report that they did more than 50% of the work in domestic situations
- B. People tend to overestimate car accidents
- C. People are more likely to attribute a case of heartbum to spicy food than bland food
- D. People tend to underestimate death from diabetes
Explanation
The representativeness heuristic judges a cause by how closely it matches a familiar prototype, such as associating spicy food with heartburn more than bland food. The other choices describe estimation or availability-related biases more directly.
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