The representativeness heuristic is a bias to make decisions based on __________.
A)how closely one outcome resembles the population of possible outcomes
B)whether an option is represented in the set of possible outcomes
C)how well one can represent the choice to other people
D)the degree to which a choice represents a correct answer

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The representativeness heuristic involves making judgments based on the similarities and the degree of resemblance between the possible outcomes and the population from which they come. Therefore, the answer is A, which best represents the definition of the representativeness heuristic.

The Representativeness Heuristic Is a Bias to Make Decisions Based