Ethan and Heather see a man stumbling around as he walks down the street.Ethan,who belongs to Alcoholics Anonymous,thinks the man is drunk,but Heather,who just watched a TV special on Michael J.Fox,thinks the man has Parkinson's Disease.These differing interpretations of the same behavior seem to be caused by Ethan and Heather's differences in

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Ethan and Heather's differing interpretations are influenced by the concept of accessibility, which refers to the information and experiences that are most readily available to them. Ethan's experience with Alcoholics Anonymous makes the idea of drunkenness more accessible, while Heather's recent exposure to information about Parkinson's Disease makes that interpretation more accessible to her.

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