Metcalfe and Wiebe (1987)gave Participants Problems That Required Insightful Solutions

question 167

Multiple Choice

Metcalfe and Wiebe (1987) gave participants problems that required insightful solutions and problems that could be answered using incremental problem-solving techniques.While attempting to solve problems,they asked the participants to report if they felt they were getting closer to the answer,using a hot-cold scale.Reports that they were getting "warm" predicted the ability to solve:

• A)insight problems.
• B)noninsight problems.
• C)both insight and noninsight problems.
• D)neither insight nor noninsight problems.

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Definitions:

Mutually Exclusive

This term refers to situations where two conditions cannot both be true at the same time. For example, a light switch cannot be both on and off simultaneously.

Consistent Principle

A rule or standard that is applied uniformly and reliably over time or across situations, without contradictions.

Jointly Exhaustive

A set of options or propositions is considered jointly exhaustive when it covers all possible scenarios or outcomes, leaving no possibility unaddressed.

Mutually Exclusive

Describing two or more events or conditions that cannot occur or be true at the same time.