Question

Judging individuals based on their similarity to typical members of a group is known as the ________.

Answer 1

The correct answer is Representative heuristic

Heuristics of representativeness is the name given to a mental phenomenon in which, faced with the need to make a decision of relative complexity, the human being relies on his personal repertoire to judge a thing, person or situation.

The heuristic of representativeness is considered, above all, as a shortcut of reasoning.