Research examining the representativeness heuristic has ...

[NguyenJ]

Research examining the representativeness heuristic has demonstrated that there may be cultural differences when people are asked to consider causal factors. What are these differences and how might they impact international negotiations on global issues
 
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Question 2

Briefly describe the representativeness heuristic and explain how it is related to the idea of base rates.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

Answer:
Findings suggest that Asian (Chinese) individuals may take more factors into account when considering causal events. For example, when asked about the source of global warming Asian individuals may include a wide array of reasons that this is occurring. However, westerners (Canadians) may have a more limited scope of factors that they consider to be causally linked to global warming. This can create conflict when there is a need to create a policy to address an issue such as global warming. Asian individuals may prefer a policy that addresses many causal factors, while a westerner may prefer to focus only on a few big causes to address the problem.

Answer to Question 2

Answer:
The representativeness heuristic states that the more similar an individual is to the typical members of a group, the more likely the individual is to also be a member of that group. Base rates are the frequency of the occurrence of a given pattern or event in the population. When we use the representativeness heuristic, we typically ignore base rates in deciding whether or not a particular individual is likely to be a member of a particular group.

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