Anita is blonde,extremely attractive,and lives in an expensive condo.If we judge the probability of Anita's being a model as quite high because she resembles our stereotype of a model,we are using the heuristic of ______.
A)representativeness
B)availability
C)framing
D)the law of small numbers

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The representativeness heuristic is used when making judgments about the probability of an event under uncertainty. In this case, because Anita fits the stereotype of a model (blonde, extremely attractive, lives in an expensive condo), the judgment of her being a model is based on how well she represents the stereotypical characteristics of a model, which is an example of the representativeness heuristic.

Anita Is Blonde,extremely Attractive,and Lives in an Expensive Condo