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burton19126

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A heuristic is __________.
 
  a. a specific rule or solution procedure that is certain to yield the correct answer if followed correctly
  b. an informal rule of thumb method for solving problems, not necessarily guaranteed to solve the problem correctly, but usually much faster or more tractable than other alternatives
  c. the act of someone who reasons; to think logically; to analyze with reason
  d. the mental representation of meaning in a reasoning problem

Question 2

Consider this pair of judgments about which is smaller: Which is smaller, a sheep or a bear? and Which is smaller, a mouse or a rat? The faster response to the second question illustrates __________.
 
  a. the semantic congruity effect
  b. the imagery effect
  c. the number magnitude effect
  d. the symbolic distance effect



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: b

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a



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