Some people believe Friday the 13th is unlucky because they can remember times when they had bad experiences on that day but tend to forget times when nothing bad happened. Their reasoning is an example of illusory correlations. It is also an example of the use of

A) cognitive maps.
B) the availability heuristic.
C) categorization by features.
D) algorithms

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Illusory Correlations

The cognitive bias of perceiving a relationship between variables (typically people, events, or behaviors) even when no such relationship exists.

Cognitive Maps

Mental representations of physical locations, allowing an individual to visualize paths or navigate spaces they have experienced.