A Major Problem with the Hill-Climbing Heuristic Is That

question 83

Multiple Choice

A major problem with the hill-climbing heuristic is that

• A) people choose the most direct route at every choice point, even though an indirect route may be better in the long run.
• B) people are inefficient in dividing the problem into the appropriate subproblems.
• C) people typically show functional fixedness.
• D) people are too likely to move backwards, rather than forwards.

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