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An important difference between reasoning and decision making is that in reasoning,
 
  a. we have well-established rules for making decisions.
  b. the premises are more likely to be ambiguous.
  c. the problem has greater ecological validity.
  d. we are not as likely to know whether our conclusions are correct.

Question 2

Theme 2 argues that people are usually fairly accurate on cognitive tasks. How does this theme apply to deductive reasoning tasks?
 
  a. people are not very accurate on everyday deductive-reasoning tasks, so the theme doesn't apply here.
  b. the reasoning tasks we encounter in our daily lives are generally more concrete, so we are more likely to be accurate.
  c. people typically change these reasoning tasks into decision-making tasks, which are easier to solve quickly and accurately.
  d. people really are quite accurate on reasoning tasks, even when these tasks are abstract.



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: a

Answer to Question 2

Ans: b



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