Because of the availability heuristic, Jayne and her husband are most likely to exaggerate the risk to their children of ____________
A) depression
B) delinquency
C) being kidnapped
D) asthma
Answer: C
Rationale: The availability heuristic entails estimating the frequency of an event based on how easily examples of it come to mind. There are numerous real-world examples of the availability heuristic. Most of us can think of examples of police brutality, kidnapping, and terrorist attacks—these are events that easily come to mind. However, we are also likely to overestimate the risks of each of these events, in part because it is easier to think of examples of these events than to think of all of the times they did not occur.
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