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Amanda Asks a Group of Research Participants to Estimate Whether

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Amanda asks a group of research participants to estimate whether more people die each year from homicide or from diabetes.She finds that higher numbers choose homicide,because they are more vivid examples,though over twice as many die from complications related to diabetes.This is one example of the dangers of ________ in our judgments and decision making.


A) the availability heuristic
B) confirmation bias
C) hindsight bias
D) the representativeness heuristic

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