Use the Figure Above to Answer the Following Question

question 35

Multiple Choice

Use the figure above to answer the following question
-From the 1960s to the present, the trend has been that ____________ over time.

• A) more overall waste was produced
• B) less waste was recovered for recycling
• C) there have been equal ratios of land disposal, combustion, and recovery
• D) less waste was sent to landfills
• E) less overall waste was produced

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Definitions:

Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Stereotypes

Oversimplified generalized beliefs about a group of people that may not accurately represent the diversity within the group.

System I

A term often used to describe fast, automatic, intuitive forms of thinking, as opposed to slower, more rational deliberation.

System II

A term used in cognitive psychology to refer to the analytical, effortful, and slower mode of thinking, as opposed to the fast, automatic, intuitive thinking of System I.