Question

Many people drew faulty conclusions about the relative safety of air travel compared to automobile travel in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Such poor reasoning was the result of __________.

Answer 1

Answer:

the availability heuristic            

Explanation:

Availability heuristic: In psychology, the term availability heuristics is also referred to as availability bias and is determined as one of the mental shortcuts that generally depends on the different immediate examples that trigger an individual's mind while she or he was evaluating a particular decision, topic, concept, or method.

An individual who is experiencing the availability heuristics tends to make decisions based on the information present in his or her mind rather than exploring other alternatives.

In the question above, the given statement signifies the availability heuristics.