When insight occurs:

a. the similarity between an event and its prototype is perceived
b. a person has worked backwards from the goal state to achieve a solution
c. problem solutions seem to occur spontaneously in an all-or-none fashion
d. the probability of two events occurring simultaneously has been determined


C

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