Research by Cognitive Psychologists Has Found That People Who Make

Multiple Choice

Research by cognitive psychologists has found that people who make a career of predicting events in world politics (news analysts, government officials, talk-show hosts, etc.)

A) are most accurate if they adhere consistently to the views of one or another political party.
B) make predictions that are, in general, not very accurate.
C) have risen to their current positions because they have an innate talent for analyzing complex political situations.
D) base their predictions on simple mathematical formulas that other people can easily learn to use.