Derrick purchased a new car, a Ford Mustang, less than a month ago. While sitting in traffic, Derrick says to his girlfriend, "Mustangs must be the best-selling car now. I can't remember seeing as many on the road as I have recently." Derrick's judgment is most likely biased by a(n)
a. representativeness heuristic.
b. availability heuristic.
c. illusory correlation.
d. permission schema.
b
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