Question

Juanita finds that she has been given too much information about different new cars and their relative merits and drawbacks. She is having a difficult time making a decision about which car to buy because she cannot process all the information she has gathered. This is an example of ________.A) non-automatic processingB) information overloadC) anchoring and adjustmentD) the representativeness heuristicE) information availability

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is B) information overload.

Explanation:

Information overload occurs when a person is presented with too much information, and in turn affects the decision-making process. This is explained to happen because out brains have a limit processing capacity. The overload takes place when the amount of information exceed this limit.