A televised image of a starving child had a greater impact on Mr.White's perception of how widespread hunger is than did a statistical chart summarizing the worldwide scope of the problem.This suggests that his understanding of the world hunger problem was influenced by
A) belief perseverance.
B) an algorithm.
C) confirmation bias.
D) the availability heuristic.

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The fact that the televised image had a greater impact on Mr. White's perception suggests that he was influenced by the availability heuristic, where judgments are based on readily available, vivid and memorable information rather than statistically abstract information.

A Televised Image of a Starving Child Had a Greater