Malcolm Is Learning to Speak Italian and Is on a Date

question 3

Multiple Choice

Malcolm is learning to speak Italian and is on a date at an Italian restaurant where the waiters speak Italian to the customers. Malcolm can't understand everything the waiter says but wants to impress his date so when he is confused he simply says "si" (meaning 'yes') . The dinner goes very well. What strategy did Malcolm use to make the dinner go smoothly?

• A) an algorithm
• B) a heuristic
• C) mindlessness
• D) cognitive schemas

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