A Major Problem with the Hill-Climbing Heuristic Is That

question 61

Multiple Choice

A major problem with the hill-climbing heuristic is that

• A)people choose the most direct route at every choice point,even though an indirect route may be better in the long run.
• B)people are inefficient in dividing the problem into the appropriate subproblems.
• C)people typically show functional fixedness.
• D)people are too likely to move backwards,rather than forwards.

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