Fatima comes across a list of jackpot winners in a magazine,the majority of whom are women,and starts considering her likelihood of winning the jackpot.She becomes obsessed with the idea of winning and spends all her time and energy playing online jackpot games.In the context of social thinking,this scenario illustrates:

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The scenario illustrates the availability heuristic, which is the tendency to rely on readily available information when making judgments or decisions. Fatima is influenced by the information she read in the magazine about the majority of jackpot winners being women, leading her to believe that she has a higher chance of winning because she is a woman. This is a common cognitive bias that can lead to overestimating the likelihood of certain events or outcomes.

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