Vivid news reports that highlight the danger of serial killers, terrorist threats, and toxic substances in food may heighten public concern beyond a level that's reasonable, due to:
a) hindsight bias.
b) the representativeness heuristic.
c) an atmosphere effect.
d) the availability heuristic.
Answer: d
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