When people are asked which is more common, death by homicide or death by stroke, they often choose homicide because they hear more about murders than they do about strokes. In this instance, people are led astray in their judgments by
A. confirmation bias.
B. stereotypic bias.
C. the availability heuristic.
D. the representativeness heuristic.
Answer: C
Psychology
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