The associationist approach describes most problem solving as involving
A. insight.
B. analogy.
C. chunking.
D. trial and error.
E. searching through a problem space.
Answer: D
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A. the door in the face phenomenon. B. social exchange theory. C. the foot in the door phenomenon. D. bait and switch. E. the norm of reciprocity.
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a. cognitive dissonance b. back-propagation c. a neural network d. connectionism
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a. displaced aggression. b. an avoidance-avoidance conflict. c. circumvention. d. projected sublimation.
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a) conversion b) somatoform c) mood d) dissociative