Noah is asked if there are more poodles or dalmatians in America.He can quickly think of more examples of poodles than dalmatians because there are lots of poodles in his neighborhood,but not many dalmatians.He estimates that there are more poodles.Noah has most likely used
A) the anchoring and adjustment heuristic.
B) the false consensus effect.
C) the representativeness heuristic.
D) the availability heuristic.

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Noah has used the availability heuristic, which involves making judgments based on the ease with which examples come to mind. Since Noah has more easily accessible examples of poodles than dalmatians, he assumes that there are more poodles.

Noah Is Asked If There Are More Poodles or Dalmatians