Discussion Blog: Heuristics

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1. In your own words, define the availability and representativeness heuristic.

2. Why do we use heuristics? Are they helpful or a hindrance?

3. Explain a time when you have used one of these heuristics.

4. Describe the implications of heuristics. You can either number your responses or break them into paragraphs for clarity. This helps the reader know that the writer understands what question they are answering.


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Availability heuristic is the natural tendency to make decisions about the future based on
what comes to the mind easily. It occurs when people judge the likelihood of an event occurring
based on how easily they can recall similar events. If people can recall an instance when the
same event happened, they argue that it is likely to happen the same way again. For instance, a
manager may be affected by the availability heuristic when making a decision to promote an
employee. Assuming employee A is the best performing and employee B is the least performing,
but employee A was accused of workp...

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