Esmeralda wants to use her roommate's computer to work on her term paper but the roommate has password protected the computer. Rather than starting at "a" and systematically testing every possible word in the English language, Esmeralda makes some educated guesses about the password, based on what she knows about her roommate. What is Esmeralda using in this case?

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Esmeralda is using a heuristic, which is a mental shortcut or rule of thumb that allows for quicker decision-making. She is using her knowledge about her roommate to make an educated guess about the password instead of testing every possible option.

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