Oh no, I forgot the password to my e-mail. What am I going to do? Well, I know the password is only 8 symbols in length at most, so I could try all the possibilities. Wait, this is taking a long time
Let me consider the most likely passwords I would have selected such as the names of my children, my spouse's name, or my street address. What problem-solving processes are involved here?
a) I switched from algorithms to heuristics.
b) I relied on heuristics until switching to divergent thinking.
c) The effect of functional fixedness made it impossible to recognize the solution.
d) I was unable to represent the problem properly, so I could not find the password.
A
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