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Beginner chess players decide each move by considering the consequences. In contrast, expert chess players primarily use pattern recognition. Expert chess players recognize having been in a similar position before and decide each move based on information recalled about the consequences of that move on a prior occasion.
Expert chess players rely on their memory when playing chess.
An expert chess player's typical decision-making strategy may be less effective in novel situations.
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This answer is unsupported. The stimulus suggests that beginner players must think through the consequences more frequently, but that doesn't mean they're better at considering the consequences compared to experts.
A beginning chess ██████ ██████ ███ ███████████████████ ██████████ ████ ████████ ████ ████ ██ █████
This answer is unsupported. The stimulus does not offer a judgment as to what beginner chess players should do.
One's chess skills ████ ███████ ████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ███████████████████ ███████████
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus whether pattern recognition is a necessary condition for improving chess skills.
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This answer is strongly supported. An expert is relying crucially on his or her memory when deciding the next moved based on information recalled about that move’s consequences.
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This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus whether any other activity requiring pattern recognition skills would help a chess player improve their chess skills.
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