After learning that the parents of both of her roommates were divorced, Meghan began to overestimate the divorce rate. Meghan's conclusion BEST illustrates the misuse of the _____.

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Meghan's overestimation of the divorce rate is an example of the availability heuristic, where she is relying on easily available information (i.e. the experiences of her roommates' parents) rather than more accurate statistical information. The anchoring and adjustment heuristic relates to people's tendency to rely too heavily on an initial piece of information, which is not evident in this scenario. The conjunction rule and fallacy refer to the probability of two events occurring together, which is not directly applicable to Meghan's situation.

After Learning That the Parents of Both of Her Roommates