You go to the new ice cream parlor that has 48 different flavors of ice cream and 20 different toppings. According to behavioral economist Dilip Soman, having all these choices
A)tends to facilitate one's decision-making.
B)tends to decrease one's decision-making ability.
C)prevents one from experiencing functional fixedness.
D)often leads to one using algorithmic thinking.

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Having a large number of choices can overwhelm individuals, leading to decision fatigue and potentially decreasing their decision-making ability. This phenomenon is often discussed in the context of choice overload, where too many options can lead to difficulty in making decisions and sometimes result in not making a decision at all.

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