Michael Simmons is 5′ 7″ tall, quite slim and not particularly muscular. He likes to read mid-19th-century British poetry and diaries of the authors of literature classics like Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. This heuristic will lead you to believe that Michael is more likely to be an Ivy League literature professor than a truck driver.
A)availability heuristic
B) representativeness heuristic
C) base rate heuristic
D) probability heuristic

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The representativeness heuristic is at play here because the decision is based on how well Michael fits the stereotype of an Ivy League literature professor versus a truck driver, rather than considering statistical probabilities or more relevant information.

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