Last week, Mike heard about five separate airplane crashes on the news. Even though, overall, motorcycle accidents account for more accidents than plane crashes do, Mike decides to ride his motorcycle from Philadelphia to Atlanta instead of flying. Which bias is reflected in Mike's decision?

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Jaylon Williams

25 June, 22:52

Last week, Mike heard about five separate airplane crashes on the news. Even though, overall, motorcycle accidents account for more accidents than plane crashes do, Mike decides to ride his motorcycle from Philadelphia to Atlanta instead of flying. Which bias is reflected in Mike's decision?

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Irene Lam · Answer 1

The availability heuristic

Explanation:

The availability heuristic is a type of bias that describes the tendency of an individual to think about the easiest way that can provide the best context for our future predictions.

The individual makes the decision based on what comes in mind and they remember. The people assumed that their memories are the representation of reality.

The availability heuristic is important when a person needs to investigate things but there is a lack of time when engaging in decision making. Thus the availability heuristics is the way to come on the decision quickly.

Thus in the above Mike used availability heuristics to solve the problem and to make the decision about the problem.