Availability bias is a cognitive heuristic where people make judgments based on the ease with which examples or instances come to mind. It occurs when individuals rely on immediate examples that come to their mind rather than considering a broader range of possibilities.
The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.
Representative Heuristic: A mental shortcut where people make judgments about the probability of an event based on how closely it resembles a typical example or prototype.