Sarah had invested most of her retirement savings in energy companies. However, when Enron declared bankruptcy, she transferred all her investments to government bonds because she decided that other energy companies were also likely to go bankrupt. In this example, Sarah's decision has most likely been influenced by the:
a. availability heuristic
b. representativeness heuristic
c. gambler's fallacy
d. underconfidence effect
A
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