Context for this filter:

  • Topic XV. Heuristics & Biases

    • LEARNING GOALS

      • B. CONCEPT ACQUISITION
        • Representativeness heuristic: Cases in which how representative something is of a category or outcome is used as a proxy /for evaluating how likely the category membership or outcome is (not taking base rates into account). 
  • Topic XV. Heuristics & Biases

    • EXAMPLES

      • Cautionary Quotes: Mistakes, Misconceptions, & Misunderstandings
        • Representativeness Heuristic
          • "He's a great speaker for a mathematician, and mathematicians are not usually good speakers. People who do theater are good speakers. So he must be a mathematician who does drama."
            Related Items (#HB.B.2)

    • LEARNING GOALS

      • C. CONCEPT APPLICATION
        • Recognize and resist instances of the representativeness heuristic in everyday and scientific contexts.  
          Related Items (#HB.B.2)