Recall the words of Dr. Robert Marion, who was the first physician to correctly diagnose a nine-year-old girl with a rare disease: "Doctors are just like everyone else. We go to the movies, watch TV, read newspapers and novels. If we happen to see a patient who has symptoms of a rare disease that was featured on the previous night's 'Movie of the Week,' we're more likely to consider that condition when making a diagnosis." In essence, Dr. Marion is describing the __________ heuristic.

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Dr. Marion is describing the availability heuristic, as he is suggesting that doctors may be influenced by the easy availability of a rare disease in their recent media consumption when making a diagnosis. The representativeness heuristic involves making assumptions about probability based on how closely an individual or event resembles a certain prototype, while the primacy and counterfactual heuristics are not applicable in this context.

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