Which Heuristic Involves Starting with a Possible Solution and Then

question 97

Multiple Choice

Which heuristic involves starting with a possible solution and then working in reverse order to see if the data support the solution?

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

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