The indelible memories of the 9/11 terrorist tragedy unduly inflated many people's estimates of the risks associated with air travel.This best illustrates the importance of
A) fixation.
B) the availability heuristic.
C) confirmation bias.
D) framing.

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The statement refers to the availability heuristic, which is the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of events that are more easily remembered or come to mind easily.

The Indelible Memories of the 9/11 Terrorist Tragedy Unduly Inflated