An admissions director for a college decides to keep the existing admissions policy since 80% of the students admitted eventually graduate. Unknown to her, 90 percent of the rejected applicants would also have been successful graduates. Her decision- making process is hampered by ________.
A) the representativeness heuristic
B) the availability heuristic
C) hill-climbing
D) creating subgoals

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The availability heuristic is at play here because the admissions director is basing her decision on the information that is most readily available to her (the success rate of admitted students) rather than seeking out or considering all relevant information (such as the potential success rate of rejected applicants).

An Admissions Director for a College Decides to Keep the Existing