Although Gabe knows the answer to the algebra problem, he cannot seem to work out the steps and reach his desired goal

So, Gabe tries working backward from the answer to the starting point. This strategy describes a
a. syllogism.
b. heuristic.
c. prototype.
d. dimension of the semantic differential.


ANSWER: b

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