We are often prone to make judgments on the extent to which the things we observe match our expectations of what we think things should be like while ignoring the mathematical probabilities of their occurrence. This error is known as the
A)availability heuristic
B)representativeness heuristic
C)confirmation bias
D)stereotypic bias

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The representativeness heuristic is a mental shortcut that involves making a probability judgment by comparing an object or event to a prototype of the object or event. It often leads to errors because it ignores the actual statistical probability of the observed outcome.

We Are Often Prone to Make Judgments on the Extent