Newell and Simon (1972) Included the Initial Stage of the Problem

question 2

Multiple Choice

Newell and Simon (1972) included the initial stage of the problem, the goal state, all of the possible moves and intermediate states of the problem, in what they deemed the:

• A) Complexity algorithm
• B) Peg-constraints
• C) Mental model
• D) Operation span
• E) Problem space

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