Following the September 11,2001,Twin Towers attacks in the United States,many Canadians and Americans elected to drive rather than fly: The media coverage of the hijackings caused people to overestimate the danger of flying.This example illustrates the ___.
A) availability heuristic
B) representativeness heuristic
C) confirmation bias
D) stereotype bias

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The availability heuristic is a mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision. In this case, the media coverage of the hijackings made the incident more available to people's minds, causing them to overestimate the danger of flying and choose to drive instead.

Following the September 11,2001,Twin Towers Attacks in the United States,many