Why Does the Availability Heuristic Sometimes Lead to Incorrect Inferences

question 86

Multiple Choice

Why does the availability heuristic sometimes lead to incorrect inferences?

• A) What is easily brought to mind may not be typical of the big picture.
• B) People wrongly assume that correlation implies causation.
• C) What looks like the typical case may not be representative of the typical case.
• D) People are far better at making inferences about themselves than about others.

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