Judith tends to become uneasy when she learns someone is a Muslim.She fears that the person is a terrorist and that a terrorist attack may soon happen.Her fear may be related to the daily news reports of terrorist attacks.This illustrates
A) explicit bias.
B) the just-world phenomenon.
C) the availability heuristic.
D) ingroup bias.

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The availability heuristic refers to the tendency to judge the likelihood or frequency of events based on how easily examples come to mind. In this case, Judith's fear of Muslims and association with terrorism is likely influenced by the daily news reports of terrorist attacks, which are easily accessible in her memory. This is an example of the availability heuristic.

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