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Provide Two Examples of the Inappropriate Application of the Representativeness

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Provide two examples of the inappropriate application of the representativeness heuristic and one example of an appropriate application. Explain how each example fits the description of the representativeness heuristic and what might be the consequences in each case.


Definitions:

Unconditioned Avoidance Response

An automatic, natural reaction to avoid harm or unpleasantness without the need for previous conditioning.

Electra Complex

A psychoanalytic theory which posits that a girl during her psychosexual development experiences a sense of competition with her mother for the affections of her father.

Castration Anxiety

A psychoanalytic concept referring to a deep fear of losing one's genitalia or their function.

Oedipus Complex

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

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