Regarding effective problem-solving, which of the following is NOT a heuristic strategy?
a. Represent the problem in other ways, with a graph or an analogy.
b. Generate a possible solution and test it.
c. Use a learned set of rules, step by step.
d. Try working backward from the desired goal to the starting point.
C
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When IQ items test information that is more common in the experience of certain social groups than other groups, the test is said to be:
A. culture-free B. culturally biased C. unreliable D. valid
The research of Ivan Pavlov and Hermann Ebbinghaus is similar because both researchers
a. were using empirical methods to investigate reflexes. b. were using empirical methods to study laws of associations. c. extended Descartes’ concept of dualism. d. were concerned with the study of the mind, not with physiological mechanisms.
All of the following are true of magnet schools EXCEPT:
A) they have been around for decades. B) their enrollment dramatically decreased during the 1990s. C) they are theme schools. D) they operate within the public school system.
Whenever Kari is successful, her parents shower her with praise, but when her performance does not meet their standards, her parents either rebuff her approaches or criticize her. These negative behaviors are examples of
A) discipline. B) behavioral control. C) psychological control. D) cognitive control.