The availability heuristic is a mental shortcut where people judge the likelihood of an event based on how easily examples come to mind, often causing them to overestimate the probability of vivid, emotional, or recent events.
Logical Fallacies, Cognitive Biases & Other Psychological Traps
The availability heuristic is a mental shortcut where people judge the likelihood of an event based on how easily examples come to mind, often causing them to overestimate the probability of vivid, emotional, or recent events.