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
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a. embryo. b. neonate. c. fetus. d. zygote.
In relaxation training, participants ____
a. develop the ability to put themselves into a trance state b. relax all their muscles at once c. imagine situations that are calm and pleasant d. learn to relax their muscles in almost any situation
If people score low on one measure and also score low on another measure, there is ____
a. a positive relationship between the two measures b. a negative relationship between the two measures c. no relationship between the two measures d. a cause-and-effect relationship between the two measures
The school of Gestalt psychology claimed that perceptions are more than the sums of their parts
Indicate whether the statement is true or false