People Often Overestimate the Danger of Shark Attacks Because It

question 182

Multiple Choice

People often overestimate the danger of shark attacks because it is fairly easy to think of news stories and reports of shark attacks. This is an example of how the _____ can sometimes lead to poor judgments.

• A) availability heuristic
• B) anchoring effect
• C) functional fixedness effect
• D) representativeness heuristic

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