When a child is using a min strategy, the reaction time for ...

[ghost!]

When a child is using a min strategy, the reaction time for addition problems should _____ as the size of the smaller of two numbers in the arithmetic problem _____.
 
  a. decrease; increases
  b. increase; decomposes
  c. increase; increases
  d. increase; decreases

Question 2

Jaime is adding 10 + 8, and then 8 + 6 . It takes her a really long time to do it, and also it takes her longer to add the former than the latter. This pattern suggests that Jaime is using which strategy?
 
  a. Min
  b. Sum
  c. Decomposition
  d. Fact retrieval

[katara]

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A