Explanation
Paragraph three allows us to answer this question: the
author concludes that expert intuition is best suited to situations in which we
have: 1) situational regularity and 2) individual memory (which includes
sufficient individual experience). Let's see which of the answer choices have
both these characteristics. Both (A) and (B) entail a lack of situational
regularity, so they are out. For that matter, choices (C) and (D) may as well.
But choice (C) is a little different in that the situation, though new, is not
totally novel; the expert recognizes similarities in it. That's the use of
associative memory. So (C) could work. (B) is different from (C) because in (B),
we have no reason to believe that the familiar course of action is suited to
the novel situation. So (A), (B), and (D) are out, and (C) is in. Choice (E)
gives a common-sense statement, but one which is not supported by the passage;
the passage actually undermines this idea by stating specific conditions needed
for expert intuition to work, not just a certain scarcity of alternatives.
The correct answer is (C).
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