When a friend asks you to recommend a restaurant, you send her to the place you ate last Saturday because it comes most quickly to mind. This is an example of:
A) confirmation bias
B) the framing effect
C) the representativeness heuristic
D) the availability heuristic

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This scenario is an example of the availability heuristic, where we base our decisions on the information that comes most easily to mind or is most readily available. In this case, the restaurant visited last is the easiest to recall and therefore recommended without considering other options.

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