Recall that Kahneman and Tversky conducted an experiment to explain why the availability heuristic occurs. Their results showed clear support for a(n) ____________ explanation.

a. ease of retrieval
b. ease of encoding
c. affective primacy
d. planning fallacy


a. ease of retrieval

Psychology

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