Nate Thinks That Republicans and Democrats Almost Never Work Together

question 124

Multiple Choice

Nate thinks that Republicans and Democrats almost never work together in Congress. The reason he believes this is that he finds it much easier to think of examples of politicians from the two parties not working together than to think of examples them working together. It is likely that the ______________ has caused Nate to underestimate how frequently Democrats and Republicans work together.

• A) availability heuristic
• B) confirmation bias
• C) representativeness heuristic
• D) anchoring effect

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