Tammy names her baby Evan because she really loves the name. A year later, Tammy comes home upset after picking Evan up from day care. When her husband inquires as to the problem, Tammy responds that there is another child at the day care center named Evan. The husband doesn't really see the problem, but Tammy elaborates that they might as well have named their baby Joe Smith because Evan is such
a common name. Her husband does a quick Internet search and convinces Tammy that Evan isn't even included among the 20 most popular baby names for boys. Tammy appears to be the victim of the:
A) hindsight bias.
B) conjunctive fallacy.
C) representative heuristic.
D) availability bias.
D) availability bias.
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