Suppose That You Have an Assignment to Write a Review

question 58

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you have an assignment to write a review of the literature on a topic in cognitive psychology. If you used the means-ends heuristic, you would begin by

• A) breaking the problem into parts (e.g., select a topic, locate resources, etc.) and then solve each part.
• B) creating a matrix consisting of possible problems and possible solutions.
• C) searching systematically through all possible alternatives (e.g., all possible topics on perception, all possible topics on memory, etc.) until you have found a solution.
• D) trying to think of occasions on which you faced a similar problem (e.g., writing a paper in a child development course) and use that information to help you solve the present problem.

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