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 any more sleep. Which concept is NOT contributing to her irrational fear?

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The other three concepts (base rates, availability heuristic, and memory bias) could contribute to Megan's irrational fear by making her overestimate the likelihood of getting robbed. However, underestimating the sample size for the number of robbers in the world would not contribute to this fear, as knowing the exact number of robbers in the world would not necessarily have any impact on the likelihood of Megan getting robbed.

Megan Cannot Sleep at Night Because She Is Terribly Worried