Availability Heuristic:

Alice Thompson

If relevant examples can readily be retrieved from memory, then the class of events must occur with a high probability.

List of names:

George Clooney

Megan Archibald

Frank Sinatra

Bill Clinton

Nicole Harris

Michael Jordan

Brenda Lopez

Alice Thompson

Betty Hastings

Oskar Schindler

Holly Iverson

David Letterman

Hannah Jackson

Stephen Colbert

Patricia Hansen

Jennifer Douglas

Tracy Johnson

Karl Malone

John Glenn

Benjamin Franklin

Ursula Nelson

Bruce Wayne

Lucy Peterson

Eva Jones

Brad Pitt

Angela Frederick

Harry Potter

Nancy England

Charlton Hesston

Clint Eastwood

Brigham Young

Lindsey Watters

Abigail Evers

Garth Brooks

Richard Simmons

Veronica Webb

Tom Cruise

Deborah Ames

Ruth Bridgewater

Calvin Klein



List as many as you can from memory (may omit for time).

Were there more men's names or more women's names in the list?