In the Means-Ends Heuristic

question 60

Multiple Choice

In the means-ends heuristic,

• A) the matrix approach is most useful.
• B) we disregard some aspects of the problem in order to make the problem simpler.
• C) we solve a problem by emphasizing embodied cognition.
• D) we divide the problem into a number of subproblems.

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