Informal, intuitive, and often speculative shortcuts in thinking ...

[Starlight]

Informal, intuitive, and often speculative shortcuts in thinking that may solve a problem but are not guaranteed to do so.
 
  a. functional fixedness
  b. a hasty generalization
  c. mental set
  d. heuristics

Question 2

Mr. Talbot presents the following syllogism to his class. Premise A: Spot is bigger than Fluffy. Premise B: Fluffy is bigger than Patches. Which dog is the biggest? Which kind of syllogism is Mr. Talbot presenting?
 
  a. linear
  b. discriminatory
  c. categorical
  d. conditional

[Jayson]

Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A

[Starlight]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[jackie]

Gracias!