Because a science-based understanding of our universe is, more than other (myth-based or religious-base) understandings, capable of delivering (1) measuring instruments by means of which we can test our hypotheses regarding the structure of the universe and (2) a scientific language that is as much as possible free from ambiguity and vagueness.
The answer would be b I’m pretty sure because it’s the longest
You have not described the alternatives, but as an economist I can help you!
The Federal Reserve is the body that decides the direction of US monetary policy. The economic decisions of the agency can be expansive, when they stimulate the economy, or restrictive, when they slow economic growth.
The two main tools the Federal Reserve has in conducting monetary policy are the<u> interest rate</u> and the <u>open market</u>.
We say that monetary policy is restrictive when the Federal Reserve increases the interest rate or sells government bonds (by decreasing the amount of money in circulation). These measures are taken to slow down the economy and prevent the inflationary process.
The opposite occurs when the Federal Reserve buys securities and / or lowers the interest rate, measures that occur to stimulate the economy when economic activity is stagnant.
Answer:
C) the representativeness heuristic.
Explanation:
Representativeness heuristic: In psychology, the term representativeness heuristic is referred to as the phenomenon which involves categorizing or organizing different objects based on the object's similarity assessment and within the category prototype, for example, cause and effects complement each other. The representativeness heuristic involves an easy computation and therefore referred to as a mental shortcut.
In the question above, the given statement represents the powerful influence of the representativeness heuristic.
