Elna prefers to drive instead of flying because she is afraid that the plane might crash.However, she is not worried about the possibility of a car crash.Elna is falling victim to
A)affect-as-information reasoning.
B)the representativeness heuristic.
C)loss aversion.
D)the availability heuristic.

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Elna's fear of flying is based on the availability heuristic, which is the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of events that are easily remembered or vividly available in memory. The media often sensationalizes plane crashes, making them more salient and memorable, which leads Elna to believe that they are more likely to occur than car crashes which are less sensationalized.

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