Elaine watches a news program that covers several violent incidents as well as two murders.Later,when Elaine is asked to estimate the general rate of incidence of homicides in the United States,these examples quickly come to Elaine's mind,and she estimates the incidence rate to be higher than it actually is.This example illustrates the
A) representativeness heuristic.
B) correspondence bias.
C) anchoring and adjustment heuristic.
D) availability heuristic.

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Elaine is using the availability heuristic, which involves making judgments based on the ease with which examples come to mind. In this case, the news program has made the examples of homicides easily accessible in Elaine's memory, leading her to overestimate the incidence rate.

Elaine Watches a News Program That Covers Several Violent Incidents