You are trying to draw a map of a local park. You represent the northern edge of the park as being a smooth, regular curve—even though one side is actually more irregular than the other side. Your inaccurate cognitive map is an example of
a. the alignment heuristic.
b. the rotation heuristic.
c. the landmark heuristic.
d. the symmetry heuristic.
Ans: d
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