Parul bikes to work every day and was recently alerted to the fact that two bicyclists in her city were hit by cars. In this example, the availability heuristic suggests that

A. Parul will continue biking and assume that these were two unusual accidents.
B. Parul will stop biking because she assumes that it is now more common for bicyclists to be hit by cars.
C. Parul will stop biking because she has a "gut" feeling that biking is now dangerous.
D. Parul will continue biking because drivers will likely now be more cautious around bicyclists.


Answer: B

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