Because gun violence is portrayed frequently on television and in movies,people mistakenly assign too high of a probability that they will fall victim to gun violence,and too low of a probability to more likely but less publicized events.This phenomenon illustrates:

A) the effect of the availability heuristic.
B) that people suffer from hindsight bias.
C) that events are poorly framed by the media.
D) the self-serving bias at work.

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Jason Dolinsky · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :  The availability heuristic is the cognitive bias in which people judge the likelihood of an event based on how easily they can recall or imagine similar events. In this case, frequent portrayal of gun violence in media makes it easily available in people's minds, leading them to overestimate the likelihood of it happening to them.

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