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Quote: availability heuristic: people judge probability by the ease of recalling instances or events; can lead to errors

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Topic:
memory
Topic:
probability assessment

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There are situations in which people assess the … or occurrences can be brought to mind. … This judgmental heuristic is called availability. Availability is … better and faster than instances of less frequent … [It can also lead to errors due to recent experience, intensity of experience, difficulties in constructing common instances, common illusions.]   Google-1   Google-2

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