In taking a multiple-choice test, you first read the question and try to develop an answer. Then you check to see if your answer is one of the choices. If it's not, you try to eliminate any obviously wrong alternatives,

and finally try to find the best answer from among those that remain. This problem-solving strategy is an example of ________.

a. top-down processing
b. an algorithm
c. functional fixedness
d. a heuristic


Answer: d

Psychology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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