Linus has always enjoyed long walks through the woods, but recently, after a highly publicized attack on a hiker by a bear, he determines that going on a hike is dangerous and decides to walk at the high school track instead. Linus is using a(n) ____.
A) affective heuristic
B) biased heuristic
C) inductive heuristic
D) availability heuristic

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Linus is using the availability heuristic, where he is basing his decision on the most recent and easily available information, which is the highly publicized bear attack.

Linus Has Always Enjoyed Long Walks Through the Woods, but Recently