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Zorluk: ZorTransitions: Cause and Effect

The following passage describes a phenomenon in behavioral economics. Which transition word or phrase most logically completes the blank?

Cevap:In behavioral economics, the 'projection bias' describes the tendency of individuals to overestimate the stability of their current preferences over time. For instance, consumers shopping on an empty stomach frequently purchase more groceries than they actually need, operating under the implicit assumption that their current state of hunger will persist into the future. 【consequently】, they often end up with an excess of perishable items that go unused once their immediate hunger is satisfied.

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Consequently (or another cause-and-effect transition such as 'therefore', 'thus', 'hence', 'accordingly', or 'as a result')
The passage establishes a cause-and-effect relationship between the consumers' over-purchasing behavior based on their temporary hunger (the cause) and their eventual possession of wasted, excess food (the effect). Therefore, a cause-and-effect transition such as 'consequently,' 'therefore,' 'thus,' 'hence,' 'accordingly,' or 'as a result' is correct.

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1
Analyze the relationship between the ideas before and after the blank.
The text before the blank describes how hungry shoppers overestimate the duration of their hunger and purchase too much food. The text after the blank describes the outcome: they end up with unused, wasted food.
Understanding the logical connection between these sentences is necessary to select the correct transition.
2
Determine the logical relationship type.
The second sentence describes the direct outcome or effect of the behavior described in the first sentence, establishing a cause-and-effect relationship.
This allows us to narrow down the transition choice to words that signal cause-and-effect.
3
Identify transition words that convey this logical relationship.
Transitions like 'consequently', 'therefore', 'thus', 'hence', 'accordingly', or 'as a result' logically connect the cause and the effect.
These words match the logical connection required to make the passage cohesive.

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