Suppose You Cannot Find Your Psychology Text

question 301

Multiple Choice

Suppose you cannot find your psychology text. You generate a list of places you may have left it and then search them. Your problem-solving strategy is

• A) a positive test strategy.
• B) a heuristic.
• C) an algorithm.
• D) trial-and-error.

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Definitions:

Duration

The amount of time something lasts or continues.

Depressive Episode

A period characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and a lack of interest or pleasure in activities, often affecting a person’s daily functioning.

Cyclothymia

A mood disorder characterized by periods of hypomanic symptoms as well as periods of depressive symptoms that are not as severe as those in bipolar disorder.

Dissociative Fugue

A rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality, and other identifying characteristics of individuality.