Linus has always enjoyed long walks through the woods,but recently,after several highly publicized attacks on hikers by bears,he finds himself fearful of going on a hike.Linus is using a(n)____.

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Linus is using the availability heuristic, which is a mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to mind. The recent attacks on hikers by bears are highly publicized, making them more readily available in Linus's memory, thus influencing his fear of hiking.

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