A televised image of a starving child had a greater impact on Mr. White's perception of the extensiveness of world hunger than did a statistical chart summarizing the tremendous scope of the problem. This suggests that his assessment of the world hunger problem is influenced by:
a. the belief perseverance phenomenon.
b. the representativeness heuristic.
c. confirmation bias.
d. fixations.
e. the availability heuristic.
Answer: e. the availability heuristic.
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