Due to highly publicized terrorist attacks in the past decade,we are more aware of the presence of terrorism and are likely to overestimate the extent to which acts of terrorism actually occur.Which heuristic or bias is the culprit for these errors in thought?
A)representativeness heuristic
B)availability heuristic
C)overconfidence bias
D)hindsight bias

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The availability heuristic is the tendency to estimate the likelihood of an event based on how easily it comes to mind. In this case, highly publicized terrorist attacks are more easily remembered and therefore may make us overestimate the frequency of such events.

Due to Highly Publicized Terrorist Attacks in the Past Decade,we