Maurice was having trouble with his algebra homework. No matter what he did, he seemed to keep coming up with the same wrong answers to the questions that had been assigned. Finally, he gave up and went to bed. The next day, he was able to accurately solve the questions without any difficulties. In this situation, it appears that Maurice benefited from:

a. problem reframing
b. an incubation effect
c. searching for analogies
d. means-ends analysis


A

Psychology

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