The heuristic is one in which the likelihood of an object belonging to a category is evaluated based on the extent to which the object appears similar to one’s mental conceptualization of the category.

The answer is representativeness heuristic.

Explanation:

This heuristic (mental shortcut) occurs when people make an assumption of a individual case, based on other similar cases. It may lead to stereotyping, because it relies on preconceived mental images of a larger group.

The concept is often found in criminal judgements. Research has found that an angry or menacing-looking person is more likely to be found guilty, as it is the idea most people have about criminals.

one way archaeology us understand the past is through the material objects it finds, allowing us to know what was being used, and when. for example a dig recently found a flute, believed to be the oldest musical instrument found to date.

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