We Are More Likely to Assume a Name Is That

question 58

Multiple Choice

We are more likely to assume a name is that of a famous person if we have heard it multiple times. Which concept best describes why this happens

• A) representativeness heuristic
• B) hindsight bias
• C) availability heuristic
• D) confirmation bias

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