When you focus on one piece of information when making a decision or solving a problem it is called: Group of answer choices representativeness heuristic. availability heuristic anchoring bias confirmation bias
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- **Representativeness heuristic**: This is a mental shortcut where people judge the probability of an event based on how similar it is to a prototype they have in their mind. - **Availability heuristic**: This refers to making decisions based on the Show more…
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