Tammy names her baby Evan because she really loves the name.A year later,Tammy comes home upset after picking Evan up from day care.When her husband inquires as to the problem,Tammy responds that there is another child at the day care named Evan.The husband doesn't really see the problem,but Tammy elaborates that they might as well have named their baby Joe Smith because Evan is such a common name.Her husband does a quick Internet search and convinces Tammy that Evan isn't even in the 20 most popular baby names for boys.Tammy appears to be the victim of the:
A)hindsight bias.
B)conjunctive fallacy.
C)representative heuristic.
D)availability bias.

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Tammy's reaction to the name Evan being common and mistaken for another child's name at day care suggests that she may be experiencing the availability bias, where the ease and frequency of recalling examples of a particular phenomenon leads to an overestimation of how common it actually is. Her initial emotional reaction may have been based on the availability of a specific instance of another child named Evan at the day care, rather than a rational assessment of how common the name is overall.

Tammy Names Her Baby Evan Because She Really Loves the Name.A