Availability+Heuristic

toc = Definition: = A cognitive rule of thumb that says that the perceived probability of an event or the importance assigned to it is based on its availability in memory. Gen Psych Chapter 7, pp. 205

= Examples: = When you leave your house early because you don't want to be late and you were late last week, this is the availabilty heuristic; being late is on your mind because it happenned recently.

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