Barbara wanted to know whether Americans bought more American-made cars or more foreign-made cars. She arrived at a conclusion based on the cars her American friends drove. In this scenario, Barbara used _____ to come to a conclusion

A) the anchoring heuristic
B) cognitive dissonance
C) the availability heuristic
D) functional fixedness


C

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