Relying on evidence not because it's trustworthy but because it's memorable or striking is called…
A) Familiarity effect
B) False consensus effect
C) Illusion-of-truth effect
D) The availability error

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The availability error, also known as the availability heuristic, is a mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision. This often leads to a bias towards memorable or striking evidence over more reliable or comprehensive data.

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