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After several highly publicized instances of deadly shark attacks, many people stopped swimming in the ocean. it appears that vivid media coverage prompted people to use _____ to judge the probability
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After several highly publicized instances of deadly shark attacks, many people stopped swimming in the ocean. it appears that vivid media coverage prompted people to use _____ to judge the probability of death by shark attack.

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The correct answer is availability heuristic. This is defined as a mental shortcut by which it relies on examples that are instant or immediate or in other terms, the thought that is given immediately on one’s mind in regards to engaging of evaluating a certain information.

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