Vivid Memories of Highly Improbable Dangers Can Lead Us to Overestimate

question 69

Multiple Choice

Vivid memories of highly improbable dangers can lead us to overestimate their likelihood and thus fear the wrong things.This best illustrates the impact of

• A) fixation.
• B) confirmation bias.
• C) belief perseverance.
• D) the availability heuristic.

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