Patrick is at Murphy's Pub when he sees a short man wearing a green suit, top hat, and buckled shoes. Also, the man is carrying a pot of shiny gold. Based on what Patrick knows about leprechauns and how they act, he assumes this fellow must be a leprechaun, too. Patrick has used a(n) ____ heuristic to make his inference.
a. schematic
b. anchoring
c. availability
d. representativeness
Question 2
You hear that one of the Velazquez children is an outstanding Little League player and immediately conclude it's their one son, rather than any of their four daughters. You reach your quite possibly erroneous conclusion as the result of the ____.
a. confirmation bias
b. anchoring heuristic
c. representativeness heuristic
d. multi-attribute hypothesis
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