When making decisions, emotions, such as fear, hope, anxiety, liking, or disgust can

a. eliminate possibilities from consideration and promote possibilities to the top of the list.
b. help one to become aware of the base rate for the occurrence of a particular event.
c. help one to think more clearly and firmly about important decisions.
d. do all of these.


d. do all of these.

Psychology

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a. emotional acceptance. b. goal-oriented coalition. c. sexual reciprocity. d. cultural adaptation.

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a. metaphor. c. metalinguistic creativity. b. metalinguistic awareness. d. metacognitive analog.

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