Jeremy Is Struggling with a Problem at Work

question 35

Multiple Choice

Jeremy is struggling with a problem at work. After a while he decides to take a break and grab some lunch with some friends. When he returns from lunch, he looks at his work again and suddenly sees the answer. Going for lunch probably served as a chance for:

• A) divergent thinking.
• B) Jeremy to develop a problem-solving schema.
• C) incubation to occur.
• D) means-ends analysis.

Identify the role of the frontal lobe in reasoning and decision-making processes.

Describe various decision-making models and their applications.

Explain the influence of information overload on decision-making.

Understand the heuristic approach to reasoning and its implications.