Question

People often overestimate the danger of shark attacks because it is fairly easy to think of news stories and reports of shark attacks. this is an example of how the _____ can sometimes lead to poor judgments

Answer 1

This scenario is an example of availability heuristic which can sometimes lead to poor judgments.The availability heuristic is a mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method or decision.