The fact that Jordan hears about airplane crashes on the news more often than he hears about automobile crashes may lead him to believe that he is more likely to die in a plane than in a car.This scenario exemplifies:
A)confirmation bias.
B)hindsight bias.
C)availability heuristic.
D)representativeness heuristic.

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The scenario is an example of the availability heuristic, where Jordan's estimate of the likelihood of an event is based on the ease with which he can think of examples. Since airplane crashes are more likely to be reported in the news and thus more readily available in his memory, he may overestimate the likelihood of dying in a plane crash compared to a car crash.

The Fact That Jordan Hears About Airplane Crashes on the News