According to Your Textbook,one of the Reasons That J

question 99

Multiple Choice

According to your textbook,one of the reasons that J.Edgar Hoover had a tendency to see communist associations was that he could easily bring to mind examples of communist associations.This cognitive bias is known as the ________.

• A) representativeness heuristic
• B) confirmation bias
• C) availability heuristic
• D) false consensus bias

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