Metcalfe investigated the metacognition involved in solving insight and non-insight problems. She found:
a) no evidence of any kind of the "AHA!" experience.
b) that problem solvers are pretty sensitive to their own problem solving process, but only for insight problems.
c) that problem solvers are pretty sensitive to their own problem solving process, but only for non-insight problems.
d) that problem solvers are pretty sensitive to their own problem solving processes for all problem types.
Answer: c
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