Imagine You Are Looking at a Bottle of Salad Dressing

question 129

Multiple Choice

Imagine you are looking at a bottle of salad dressing containing oil, vinegar, and water. You notice that the oil sits on "top" of the other liquids. This is due, in part, to the fact that:

• A)water is hydrophobic.
• B)oil is hydrophilic.
• C)vinegar is hydrophobic.
• D)oil is hydrophobic.
• E)water is hydrophobic and oil is hydrophilic.

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Base-Rate Information

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Availability Heuristic

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