Missy is given this problem: If Mt. Adams is lower than Mt. Washington; and if Mt. Adams is higher than Mt. Jefferson; then which of the three mountains is highest?

Missy reads the fourth word in the problem incorrectly—she thinks the word is higher rather than lower—and consequently answers the problem incorrectly. From the perspective of cognitive psychology, Missy's difficulty is definitely due to:
a. Her limited working memory capacity
b. The way she encodes the problem
c. The fact that she is using the wrong heuristic
d. The fact that she is retrieving information that she has learned in a rote manner


B

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