The tendency to judge something by intuitively comparing it to our mental representation of a category is to use the _____ heuristic.
A)availability
B)representativeness
C)vividness
D)matching

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The representativeness heuristic involves using prototypes, or mental representations, to judge whether something belongs to a particular category. This can lead to stereotypes and errors in judgment. The other options (availability, vividness, matching) do not specifically pertain to this type of heuristic.

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