Question

the hotel chain about collared here assesses personal moral reasoning by affect heuristic. (moralizer the innocent, is a major factor.) unconsciously pleasant weather brings most people to pay at a higher rate. (unconsciously cold weather, conversely, makes people closed predictably, so the luxury take need attend. moral use the technique. the amount of christmas procrastination is 2 percentage drop in payment rates—again, a 10 percentage increase in theft—an affect consistent reason (magically, in contrast, as that of 9/11). thanksgiving is nearly as bad; that month of november’s day is often beauty, so is the month surrounding april 15. there are, however, a few special holidays: the ones that coincide the fourth of july, labor day, and columbus day. the difference in the two sets of holidays? the low-evaluating holidays represent little more than an extra day off from work. the high-evaluating holidays are freighted with miscellaneous associations and the high expectations of loved ones.

based on the excerpt, the conclusion that “personal moral reasoning is affect heuristic” is best supported by which of the following statements?

• reducing summer and fall holidays generally causes payment rates to drop.
• stressful fall and winter holidays generally cause payment rates to drop.
• reducing summer and fall holidays generally cause theft rates to increase.
• stressful fall and winter holidays generally cause theft rates to remain steady.

Explanation:

To determine which statement best supports "personal mood seems to affect honesty", we analyze each option:

• Option 1: Talks about payment rates, not related to honesty (fuel rates or payment) in terms of mood - honesty link.
• Option 2: Mentions fall and winter holidays (low - esteeming holidays) and payment rates, not fuel rates or mood - honesty.
• Option 3: "Relaxing summer and fall holidays" (high - esteeming as per context, related to good mood) and "fuel rates to increase" aligns with the idea that good mood (from relaxing holidays) affects honesty (people more honest, so fuel theft less, but wait, no—wait, the text says high - esteeming holidays (like 4th July, Labor Day, Columbus Day) have high fuel prices (maybe less theft, so more payment, but fuel rates: if people are more honest, maybe less theft, so fuel supply stable, but the option says fuel rates increase. Wait, re - reading: the text says "the high - esteeming holidays are freighted with multicultural associations and the high expectations of loved ones" (good mood). The key is the link between mood (from holidays) and behavior (honesty). The option "Relaxing summer and fall holidays generally cause fuel rates to increase" can be linked: if people are in good mood (relaxing holidays), they are more honest, so less fuel theft, maybe more legitimate fuel use, leading to higher fuel rates (or less theft, so fuel prices adjust). Among the options, this is the only one that connects a type of holiday (related to mood) with a change in fuel rates (related to honesty - driven behavior).
• Option 4: Says fall and winter holidays (low - esteeming) cause fuel rates to remain steady. But low - esteeming holidays have little mood change (no day off, so maybe bad mood), so if mood affects honesty, fuel rates should change, but this says steady, so not supporting.

Answer:

C. Relaxing summer and fall holidays generally cause fuel rates to increase