Generally, people are able to come up with more English words that begin with the letter r than come up with words that have r as the third letter, even though there are more words with the letter r as the third letter than as the first letter. This phenomenon is known as the ______.
A) availability bias
B) translation effect
C) recency effect
D) contrast effect

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The availability bias refers to the human tendency to rely more on information that is easily available to us or comes to mind quickly. In this case, people may be more likely to think of words that begin with the letter r simply because they are easier to recall or come up with quickly, even though there are actually more words with r as the third letter. This bias can lead to inaccurate judgments or decisions if we fail to consider all available information.

Generally, People Are Able to Come Up with More English