Question

Jan is orderly, neat, quiet, and shy. She enjoys reading in her spare time and is an avid chess player. Given this description, most people would think that she is a librarian rather than a real estate agent. This tendency to classify Jan as a librarian illustrates the influence of:

Answer 1

Answer: The representativeness - heuristic

Explanation:

Heuristic approach of learning could be described as one where the individual learns a topic or a subject of study on his or her own, although the teacher/instructor would have laid the foundation for the learning. It's a learning process where the student figures out most of what's taught and how to solve problems on their own. The tendency to classify Jan as a Liberian would be described as the representativeness - heuristic, because of how she has self taught herself into being seen as a Liberian.