Kotovsky and Colleagues (1985)studied the Way Individuals Approach the Tower

question 68

Multiple Choice

Kotovsky and colleagues (1985) studied the way individuals approach the Tower of Hanoi problem.They found that participants:

• A) adopted the backup-avoidance strategy.
• B) adopted the difference-reduction strategy.
• C) initially adopted the backup-avoidance strategy,then switched to a means-ends strategy.
• D) initially adopted the difference-reduction strategy,then switched to a means-ends strategy.

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