Question

Even though stomach cancer kills more people than plane crashes do, most people tend to assume that plane crashes cause more deaths. This misconception seems to arise from __________, since plane crash fatalities tend to be widely publicized and are therefore relatively easy for people to bring to mind.
A. the representativeness heuristic.
B. the availability heuristic.
C. the anchoring and adjustment heuristic.
D. information overload

Answer 1

The achoring and adjustment heuristic's. Because people think that the plane crashed cause alot more impact when landing that they might blow up and kill alot of people at one time. This theory is just a myth.