What Problem-Solving Strategies Don't Guarantee Solutions but Make Efficient Use

question 143

Multiple Choice

What problem-solving strategies don't guarantee solutions but make efficient use of time?

• A) heuristics
• B) algorithms
• C) mnemonic devices
• D) cognitive shortcuts

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Definitions:

Socially Patterned Activities

Activities that are structured and influenced by societal norms and cultural practices.

Deep Structure

In linguistics, it refers to the underlying, abstract meaning of a sentence, as opposed to the surface structure which is the sentence's actual spoken or written form.

Format

The arrangement, structure, or layout of information or material, often referring to documents, media, or data.

Language Acquisition Support System (LASS)

Bruner’s term for the patterned behaviors and formatted events within which children acquire language. It is the environmental complement to the innate, biologically constituted LAD.