Question

Max, an attorney, is attending a hearing at the federal courthouse. he opens the courthouse door for a young woman with a tattoo on her forearm. when max enters the room of the hearing, he is stunned to see that the assigned judge is the same woman. max had applied the ____.
a. representativeness heuristic
b. availability heuristic
c. recognition heuristic
d. affect heuristic

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: representatives heuristic
representatives heuristic is most commonly used when a group or an individual has to make a judgement under probability or uncertainty.
From the case above, when Max see the tattoo on the woman's hand, he automatically perceived that the probability of her being a judge is very unlikely.