Megan cannot sleep at night because she is terribly worried about being robbed, which is highly unlikely. As her friend, you want to help her by describing judgment errors and why she should not lose anymore sleep. Which concept is NOT contributing to her irrational fear?
A) base rates for getting robbed
B) availability heuristic for people getting robbed
C) memory bias for extreme events
D) sample size neglect for the number of robbers out there
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