Why Do We Use "Fast and Frugal Heuristics", According to Gigerenzer

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Multiple Choice

Why do we use "fast and frugal heuristics", according to Gigerenzer?

• A)We typically make decisions under divided attention, so we don't focus on the actual problem.
• B)Most of us do not have the cognitive power to actually process all the necessary information to make a decision.
• C)We learn as children to use our best guess, rather than reason through the process.
• D)We often don't have the time required to calculate every possible outcome or factor.

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