After Several Highly Publicized Instances of Deadly Shark Attacks, Many

question 139

Multiple Choice

After several highly publicized instances of deadly shark attacks, many people stopped swimming in the ocean. It appears that vivid media coverage prompted people to use _____ to judge the probability of death by shark attack.

• A) the availability heuristic
• B) a mental set
• C) means-end analysis
• D) the representativeness heuristic

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