Question

A defense attorney emphasizes to a jury that her client has a full-time job, supports his family, and enjoys leisure-time hobbies. Although none of this information is relevant to the trial, it is designed to make the defendant appear to be a typical member of the community. The lawyer is clearly seeking to take advantage of:a. confirmation bias.b. functional fixedness.c. belief perseverance.d. the representativeness heuristic.

Answer 1

Answer:

D.

Explanation:

Heuristics can be defined as a mental shortcuts used by people to make decisions, solve problems and make judgments.

The Representativeness Heuristics theory was proposed by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman. The Representativeness Heuristic is the heuristic that helps in making decisions or judgments based on representativeness. It is a type of mental shortcut that helps in quick decision making, which sometimes can lead to errors also.

Decisions are made based on comparing two events and resembling the likelihood of the events.

In the given case, defense attorney is using the representativeness heuristics as evidences is not relevant but trying to draw the likelihood between the two events.