Lola visits Trish in Weston,CT.At some point,Lola asks Trish whether there is a lot of crime in Weston.Although crime rarely occurs there,Trish recalls a recent news story about a Weston drug store robbery.On the basis of this memory,she then tells Lola that there is a lot of crime in Weston.This scenario illustrates reliance on the ________ heuristic.

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Trish is relying on the availability heuristic, where she is making a judgement based on the ease with which she can recall a relevant example (the drug store robbery news story), rather than assessing the actual frequency or likelihood of crimes occurring in Weston.

Lola Visits Trish in Weston,CT