Explanation
This question gives us no details to latch onto, so we can
start by evaluating the answer choices against the main point of the passage
and see where that get us. (A) touches on which
decision-making method is the best, which is off-topic, since our topic is when
expert intuition is properly applied or "at its best." Choice (A) is out.
Choice (B) is not entirely implausible, since memory is essential to expert
intuition. Choice (C) ventures a statement that we have no support for
whatsoever, as other techniques haven't been discussed or explicitly ruled out.
So we rule out (C). Choice (D) speculates that the act of simulation requires
creativity, but this idea is neither stated nor implied. Further, since the
associative memory process is based on experience, quite possibly the
simulation process is in fact based on experience and not than creativity. So
(D) is out. Choice (E) presents a statement that is not only supported, but
required, by the passage. We're told that individual memory is one of the two
main elements required for expert intuition to work. Since it's one of two
required, it's necessary, but not alone sufficient. We look back to (B). Can we
find an objective defect? We can imagine a situation in which various experts
all have very good individual memories. One expert may have an even better
memory, but it may not do him much good, since they are all at such a high
level--and the other experts, say, might have a better ability to simulate in
their minds, making them better decision-makers. We can see that (B) could be true, but need not be, while
(E) must be true, based on the passage.
The correct answer is (E).
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