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Fertility rates are decreasing, so populations are growing more slowly today than in the past. ... Most people in Latin America are Catholic.
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I believe the answer is: Availability heuristic
Availibility heuristic make a people develop a bias that make them think if something can be recalled, it must be important. Constantly Hearing positive things about lottery, would make the people recall the good fortune that the winners experience and make them much more likely to develop the tendency to buy the tickets.
B. The rise of the Roman Empire