Elaine Watches a News Program Which Covers Several Violent Incidents

Multiple Choice

Elaine watches a news program which covers several violent incidents as well as two murders. Later, when Elaine is asked to estimate the general rate of incidence of homicides in the United States, these examples quickly come to Elaine's mind, and she estimates the incidence rate to be higher than it actually is. This example illustrates the

A) representativeness heuristic.
B) correspondence bias.
C) anchoring and adjustment heuristic.
D) availability heuristic.