How to Make a Decision

The representativeness heuristic involves comparing your current situation to your prototype of a particular event or behavior. For example, when trying to determine that you should speed to get to your class on time, you might compare yourself to your image of a person who's most likely getting a speeding ticket. The road to life is paved with flat squirrels who couldn't make a decision. When it takes longer to choose where to eat, then it does to go there, order, and leave.