A(n) _____ Is a Step-By-Step Procedure That Guarantees a Correct

question 62

Multiple Choice

A(n) _____ is a step-by-step procedure that guarantees a correct solution to a problem.

• A) algorithm
• B) heuristic
• C) mental set
• D) means-end analysis

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Definitions:

Personality Disorders

Types of mental disorders characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience.

Oedipal

Relating to the Oedipus complex, a concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Electra Complex

The condition in which, according to Sigmund Freud, girls want to seduce their fathers to gain what they truly desire: a penis. By analogy to a character in several Greek tragedies.

Attachment Theory

A development of the psychoanalytic approach by John Bowlby. According to this view, children form attachments with their parents that become the child’s internalized model for all subsequent relationships. Difficulties in such attachments form the basis for later problems.