Jarred, age 5, describes himself as a good soccer player with black hair who laughs a lot. His description demonstrates his developing

When using the availability heuristic, people tend to judge the probability of an event based on:

A) the need to be right, which makes it hard to listen to the available information with an open mind. B) statistical consideration of the frequency with which the event occurs in everyday life. C) the burden of doubt people feel about their abilities to determine probability from available information. D) how easy it is to think of examples or instances.

When reading information that challenges one's beliefs, one tends to minimize the strengths of such claims. __________ accounts for this barrier to reasoning rationally

A) Belief perseverance B) The availability heuristic C) The unfairness bias D) The representativeness heuristic