Nate thinks that Republicans and Democrats almost never work together in Congress. The reason he believes this is that he finds it much easier to think of examples of politicians from the two parties not working together than to think of examples of them
It is likely that the ______________ has caused Nate to underestimate how frequently Democrats and Republicans work together.
a. availability heuristic
b. confirmation bias
c. fairness bias
d. framing effect
Answer: a
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a. evolutionary psychologists, although in a more inflexible form b. cognitive psychologists, although in a more inflexible form c. evolutionary psychologists, although in a more flexible form d. cognitive psychologists, although in a more flexible form
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