When people fear boarding a plane because of a recent terrorist attack, while ignoring the fact that the likelihood of experiencing a terrorist attack while aboard a plane is extremely small, this heuristic is at work
A) availability heuristic
B) representativeness heuristic
C) base rate heuristic
D) probability heuristic

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The availability heuristic occurs when people base the likelihood of an event on how easily examples come to mind. In this case, the recent terrorist attack is what comes to mind, even though the probability of experiencing a terrorist attack on a plane is very low.

When People Fear Boarding a Plane Because of a Recent