Which of the following describes the fallacy behind the mental model theory of syllogistic reasoning? a. people often attempt to solve logical problems using shortcuts matching the premise. b. people often show a tendency to favor conclusions matching the premise. c. people often fail to think of valid alternatives, resulting in drawing no valid conclusions. d. people often become distracted during the intellectual process of solving logical problems.

b. People often show a tendency to favor conclusions matching the premise.

Explanation:

The syllogistic reasoning states that in order to reach a conclusion, it is necessary to evaluate two or three premises previously stated, that is, through two or three true information about a given situation, it is possible to reach the conclusion of something.

Based on this, we can say that an example of fallacy behind the mental model theory of syllogistic reasoning is "People often show a tendency to favor conclusions matching the premise."

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the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

we need to see the statements.