Question

Bonnie has ordered her monthly supply of medicines through the mail for the past five years. Except for one order, all orders have arrived within two business days. Bonnie placed an order yesterday, and she expects to receive her order tomorrow. Bonnie is using:

1) deductive reasoning
2) inductive reasoning
3) a conditional schema
4) a mental model

Answer 1

Bonnie is using inductive reasoning by expecting her monthly medicine to arrive based on past order arrival patterns. The correct option is 2.

Step-by-step explanation:

Bonnie is using inductive reasoning when she predicts that her medicine will arrive tomorrow because her expectation is based on the pattern observed in her past experiences. Over the past five years, except for one instance, her orders have consistently arrived within two business days.

Inductive reasoning involves making generalizations based on specific instances and using those generalizations to predict future events. This is different from deductive reasoning, which starts with a general premise to reach a specific, logical conclusion.