Marisa Is Trying to Decide Between Two Computers That Are

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Multiple Choice

Marisa is trying to decide between two computers that are advertised at the same price.Both computers are the same in most respects; however,computer A has a 2.5 GHz processor and 2 G of RAM,while computer B has a slower 2.0 GHz processor but 4 G of RAM.Because Marisa thinks that the speed of the processor matters more than the amount of RAM,she decides to buy computer A.In this case,Marisa has made her decision using

• A) elimination by aspects.
• B) a weighted decision strategy.
• C) an analytic decision strategy.
• D) the representativeness heuristic.

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