Author Question: When most people draw a map of the coastline of the United States, they show Miami about due south ... (Read 88 times)

vHAUNG6011 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

When most people draw a map of the coastline of the United States, they show Miami about due south of Boston, when Miami is actually fairly far to the west. This error is an example of

a. the 90-degree heuristic.
b. the alignment heuristic.
c. the rotation heuristic.
d. the symmetry heuristic.

Question 2

You are trying to draw a map of a local park. You represent the northern edge of the park as being a smooth, regular curveeven though one side is actually more irregular than the other side. Your inaccurate cognitive map is an example of

a. the alignment heuristic.
b. the rotation heuristic.
c. the landmark heuristic.
d. the symmetry heuristic.