Zackary's friend asks how well Zackary gets along with his younger brother.Zackary thinks about how irritating his younger brother was yesterday,and the big fight they had as a result,and tells his friend that he doesn't get along with his brother at all.In this instance,Zackary's response is consistent with
A) the availability heuristic.
B) the representativeness heuristic.
C) the conjunction fallacy.
D) the hindsight bias.

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Zackary's response is consistent with the availability heuristic, as he is basing his assessment on the most recent and vivid experience he had with his brother, which was the big fight they had. The availability heuristic involves making judgments based on the ease with which examples come to mind, and in this case, Zackary's negative experience with his brother was more readily available in his memory than positive experiences, leading him to conclude that he doesn't get along with his brother at all.

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