CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is E. (Availability heuristic).

Detailed explanation-2: -An availability heuristic is a mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person’s mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision. As follows, people tend to use a readily available fact to base their beliefs on a comparably distant concept.

Detailed explanation-3: -The availability heuristic refers to the tendency to assess the probability of an event based on the ease with which instances of that event come to mind.

Detailed explanation-4: -Example: Availability heuristic When asked if falling airplane parts or shark attacks are a more likely cause of death in the United States, most people would say shark attacks. In reality, the chances of dying from falling airplane parts are 30 times greater than the chances of being killed by a shark.

Detailed explanation-5: -Algorithm: a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Heuristic: a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently; usually speedier but also more error-prone than algorithms.