9) People often over-estimate the annual number of deaths in plane crashes, compared to the much more numerous car-accident deaths. Jackie agrees and says it's because people are more used to seeing reports of plane accidents and thus it is more salient than reports on car accidents. Jackie is referring to
A. The availability heuristic
B. The anchoring heuristic
C. The discounting of base-rate heuristic
D. The belief perseverance bias
Answer
Answer is A. The availability heuristic.
In the availability heuristic a person often convince through the available resources to him, but he may be wrong because he does not get the actual information.
9) People often over-estimate the annual number of deaths in plane crashes, compared to the much...