You Know There Are Only Two Librarians Who Live in Your

question 136

Multiple Choice

You know there are only two librarians who live in your town of 10,000 people. However, when you meet a quiet young woman who likes to read, you decide she is probably a librarian. In your thinking you are relying on

• A) an algorithm.
• B) the representativeness heuristic.
• C) the Stroop effect.
• D) a cognitive map.

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Definitions:

Cellular Respiration

The process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy, carbon dioxide, and water.

Photosynthesis

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water, producing oxygen as a byproduct.

Oxygen

A chemical element with symbol O, essential for cellular respiration in most living organisms and a major component of Earth's atmosphere.

Metabolic Pathways

Sequences of chemical reactions that occur in a cell, transforming substrates into products and energy.