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.

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This reasoning is faulty due to the representativeness heuristic, which involves making judgments based on how well someone or something fits our stereotypes or prototypes, in this case, associating Tyra's physical characteristics with those typically attributed to models rather than science teachers.

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