Which Word BEST Captures the Meaning of the Term "Heuristic

question 38

Multiple Choice

Which word BEST captures the meaning of the term "heuristic," as cognitive psychologists use it?

• A)recipe
• B)formula
• C)strategy
• D)program

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Definitions:

Time-consuming

Activities or processes that require a considerable or excessive amount of time to complete.

Irreversibility

A cognitive development concept where a child is unable to understand that certain processes can be reversed to return to their original state.

Deductive Reasoning

A logical process in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, such that if the premises are true, the conclusion cannot be false.

Centration

A cognitive limitation in early childhood thinking, where the focus is on one aspect of a situation or object at a time, ignoring other relevant aspects.