Our ability to extract useful information from observations of only small bits of behaviour is known as
A)being a cognitive miser.
B)the hindsight bias.
C)thin slicing.
D)inferential intelligence.

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Thin slicing is the ability to extract useful information from observations of only small bits of behaviour. A is incorrect as cognitive miser refers to the tendency to conserve mental resources and simplify information processing. B is incorrect as hindsight bias refers to the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it. D is incorrect as there is no such term as "inferential intelligence".

Our Ability to Extract Useful Information from Observations of Only