Answer: A. a heuristic
Explanation: Heuristics can be explained as a quick, flexible method employed in problem-solving. Heuristics usually employs a method which could be termed self-discovery as it is a way of getting an answer or solving a problem usually from currently available mental fact within a short time. Results or conclusions made from heuristic approach are not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect but could be enough to provide a verdict required for the short term. Heuristic could be verdicts or conclusions based on intuition, prediction or logical reasoning.
In the scenario above, Bruno attempts to make conclusion using the available mental information available at that current time to make a quick decision which ended up to be incorrect.
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Unusual floods struck throughout the basin during winter 2015–16, and more swamped parts of Illinois, Arkansas and Missouri after torrential rains in 2017. Snowmelt swells the Mississippi every spring, but the river reached flood stage in Memphis a month earlier than usual in 2018 due to heavy February rain
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You could explain this using the B. Mean world syndrome.
Explanation:
The Mean world syndrome is an <em>error in thought</em> in which an individual thinks <em>the world is a much more dangerous place than it actually</em> is because he/she has been long exposed to mass media.
In this case, we can see Martha watches <em>"quite a bit"</em> of television and mostly crime dramas. This long exposure has made her develop this syndrome and thus she believes that her city has a higher crime rate than it does.
