"If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, then it's a duck"best describes which of the following?
A) the Pinker heuristic
B) the illusory heuristic
C) the availability heuristic
D) the representativeness heuristic

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The phrase describes the representativeness heuristic, where people judge the probability or frequency of an event by how much it resembles a typical case or stereotype.

"If It Looks Like a Duck, Walks Like a Duck