Letty Has a Very Complex Problem to Solve

question 78

Multiple Choice

Letty has a very complex problem to solve. She decides to break the problem down into smaller, more manageable problems. Which strategy best describes what Letty is doing?

• A)insight heuristic
• B)backward-working heuristic
• C)creating subgoals
• D)means-end heuristic
• E)functional fixedness

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