Research shows that people tend to think that more people die of cancer than hypertension, when in fact the opposite is true. Cancer comes more readily to mind because it is more widespread in the media. This is an example of:      the availability heuristic, which is a limitation of systematic research     the present-present bias, which is a limitation of systematic research     the availability heuristic, which is a limitation of intuition     the present-present bias, which is a limitation of intuition

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Research shows that people tend to think that more people die of cancer than hypertension, when in fact the opposite is true. Cancer comes more readily to mind because it is more widespread in the media. This is an example of: 

   

the availability heuristic, which is a limitation of systematic research

   

the present-present bias, which is a limitation of systematic research

   

the availability heuristic, which is a limitation of intuition

   

the present-present bias, which is a limitation of intuition

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