Imagine you have a problem to solve that has some similarities to problems you have previously solved. if focusing on the similarities leads you relatively quickly to a solution, you would be benefiting from the heuristic; on the other hand, if focusing on the similarities prevents or slows your finding a solution, you would be hindered by the barrier to problem-solving.

Quick using the information in the graph, one might speculate that a) w.w.i created increased job opportunities in the u.s. b) the election of president hoover in 1936 caused unemployment to decline. c) the return of soldiers following w.w.ii caused unemployment to increase in the u.s. d) the new deal programs of president roosevelt created employment opportunities in the u.s.

An refers to a specific factor that has a range of possible values

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.