Graphologists believe that analysis of a person's handwriting can indicate the personality and other characteristics of the person. A graphologist concludes that a person who crosses t's and f's with whip-like lines is a sadist, because sadists often enjoy hurting people with whips. That graphologist MOST likely:
A) applied the availability heuristic to arrive at a correct judgment.
B) applied the availability heuristic and arrived at an incorrect judgment.
C) reasoned by representativeness, which led to a correct judgment.
D) reasoned by representativeness, which led to an incorrect judgment.

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This graphologist reasoned by representativeness, meaning they made a judgment based on the assumption that a person who crosses t's and f's with whip-like lines is representative of a sadist. However, this is an incorrect judgment as there is no evidence to support the claim that all sadists enjoy hurting people with whips, and there are likely other reasons someone might cross their t's and f's in this way.

Graphologists Believe That Analysis of a Person's Handwriting Can Indicate