When asked about the leading cause of deaths in the U.S., Jill chose car accidents over heart disease as the cause of more U.S. deaths per year. When asked why she chose the wrong answer, she said, "I hear about fatal car accidents more often than I hear about deaths caused by heart diseases." The type of judgement error made by Jill is
A)availability bias.
B)representative bias.
C)anchoring and adjustment.
D)confirmation bias.
E)overconfidence bias.

Question

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Jill has fallen victim to availability bias, where she has relied more on the easily available or accessible information (i.e. news about car accidents) while ignoring the actual statistics and prevalence of heart disease as a leading cause of death.

When Asked About the Leading Cause of Deaths in the U.S