Question

Tammy names her baby Evan because she really loves the name. A year later, Tammy comes home upset after picking Evan up from daycare. When her husband inquires as to the problem, Tammy responds that there is another child at the daycare named Evan. Moreover, one of her acquaintances just named her son 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:

Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer is Availability Bias.

Explanation The availability Bias is understood as the proclivity that people have to think that examples that come to mind easily are more representative than they are.

In this particular case, Tammy is the victim of this availability bias, she claims that her son's name Evan is very common just because she noticed that there are two boys that are named Evan in her immediate context, when in reality that name is not even one of the 20th most popular baby names for boys.