Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 120

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A) A person's body size doesn't influence the rate at which he or she metabolizes alcohol.
• B) When they drink the same amounts of alcohol, women tend to show the mind-altering effects of alcohol longer than men.
• C) Consuming food along with alcohol-containing beverages increases the rate at which the digestive tract absorbs the alcohol.
• D) Women make higher amounts of an enzyme that helps metabolize alcohol, so they sober up faster than men, after drinking the same amounts of alcohol.

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Definitions:

Representativeness Heuristic

The tendency to make judgments about group membership based on physical appearances or the match between a person and one’s stereotype of a group rather than on available base rate information.

Divergent Thinking

Thinking that produces many solutions to the same problem.

Convergent Thinking

Thinking that produces the single best solution to a problem.

Deductive Reasoning

A thought process wherein a verdict is reached through the consistency of numerous claims that are often regarded as correct.