Gick and Holyoak (1980) found that the ability to solve a problem
a. did not depend on the participant's having previously read the solution to a similar problem.
b. was dependent on the participant's being explicitly told to use the example as a hint in solving the problem.
c. was independent of whether participants had been told to use the story as a hint in solving the problem.
d. was unrelated to the participant's familiarity with similar problems.
B
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