Humans Often Appear Irrational When You Look at Results of Decision-Making

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Multiple Choice

Humans often appear irrational when you look at results of decision-making research. What explanation for this tendency is given by evolutionary theorists?

• A)Cognitive research formulates problems that are unrelated to the problems that the human mind has evolved to deal with.
• B)Human research employs heuristics and algorithms rather than deductive reasoning.
• C)Most research compares humans to other animals, and other animals have more highly developed instinctive decision-making processes.
• D)Most decision-making research involves numerical problems, something that our ancestors did not face.

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