The tendency to estimate the frequency of an event by how readily it comes to mind is referred to as
A) explicit bias.
B) the just-world phenomenon.
C) the availability heuristic.
D) ingroup bias.

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The availability heuristic is a cognitive bias where people estimate the likelihood or probability of an event based on how easy it is to recall similar events from memory. Therefore, the answer is C, the availability heuristic.

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