The professor’s lecture created a ______ silence in the room as students absorbed the profound philosophical ideas being discussed.

His face was _______ when he saw the surprise gift his friends had prepared for him, clearly touched by the gesture.

The sound of the distorted radio transmission made it hard to hear the instructions clearly.

Chocolate was her greatest _______—she ate a small piece every day without fail.

The ______ woman struggled to find a comfortable seat, realizing the airplane didn’t have enough room for her.

After the heated discussion, Mark made a _______ comment to his colleague, hoping to make him feel small.

The ______ detective noticed something strange in the suspect’s statement, a small detail that led to a breakthrough in the case.

_________________ refers to the actual, objective relationship between a person’s behavior and the environment’s outcomes.  

The Expected utility theory  

John is deciding on what phone he should buy next. In order to do so, he counts or adds the number of times each alternative is judged favorably in terms of the set of his evaluation criteria: Price, Size, quality, and color.  His first phone scores an overall total of 15 out of 20 on the 4 criteria. The second phone scores an 18. He chooses the second phone, because with the largest number of positive attributes is chosen. What type of selection method is this?