Which of the following could be concluded from Gick and Holyoak's study of analogy in solving the parade and radiation problems?
a) Giving hints about the connections between the problems helps most people to uncover solutions via analogy
b) The majority of people spontaneously discover analogies when given two similar problems.
c) Very few people use analogy to prior problems in solving new problems.
d) People are generally unable to make much use of implicit analogies.
A
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A) extraversion. B) conscientiousness. C) agreeableness. D) openness to experience.
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