Why it matters
Leads to stereotyping and base-rate neglect.
Core term · Amos Tversky
Representativeness Heuristic
The mental shortcut of judging something by how closely it resembles a familiar type, which can lead us to ignore plainer facts about how likely it really is.
Areas of life
Decisionshiringdiagnosis
How to handle it
Compare impressions with actual probabilities.
Who shaped this idea
The thinker behind it
Bring it to your own life
Questions in this spirit
A term is just an idea until you apply it. Answer one.
From concept to practice
Turn Representativeness Heuristic into a question you can answer.
Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.