Last Week, Mike Heard About Five Separate Airplane Crashes on the News

question 97

Multiple Choice

Last week, Mike heard about five separate airplane crashes on the news. Even though, overall, motorcycle accidents account for more accidents than plane crashes do, Mike decides to ride his motorcycle from Washington to Atlanta instead of flying. What is Mike's reasoning error based on?

• A) the availability heuristic
• B) a mental set
• C) a syllogistic error
• D) a problem of framing

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