When asked to indicate whether san diego or san antonio has more inhabitants, more german university students answered correctly than did american university students. this best illustrated the adaptive value of a(n):
a) algorithm.
b) mental set.
c) heuristic.
d) category hierarchy.
e) fixation.

c) heuristic.  

Explanation:

When asked to indicate whether San Diego or San Antonio has more inhabitants, more German university students answered correctly than did American university students. This best illustrated the adaptive value of a heuristic.

Heuristic is any method of learning or self discovery that is applied in achieving immediate or short-term goal. Heuristics can be mental shortcuts that ease the cognitive load of making a decision.

The German students were able to apply heuristic learning approach getting the right answer.

trade regulation is a field of law, often bracketed with antitrust (as in the phrase “antitrust and trade regulation law”), including government regulation of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive business acts or practices. antitrust law is often considered a subset of trade regulation law. franchise and distribution law, consumer protection law, and advertising law are sometimes considered parts of trade regulation law.

in general the theory of economics says that the more open to trade a country is the better   the result for the same country and the whole economies.

in real life countries impose taxes, quotas, etc which is not so good for the economies.

this kind of commercial war between the usa and china is slowing down the growth of the whole world so we can say that it is a draw back of trade regulations. and the free trade agreements are benefits of trade regulations.

answer; fair labor and standard act;