Author Question: Which one of the following problems is most likely to be solved with a heuristic rather than an ... (Read 136 times)

fahad · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Which one of the following problems is most likely to be solved with a heuristic rather than an algorithm?

a. Calculating the volume of a cylinder
b. Peacefully resolving an argument
c. Finding the word antonym in the dictionary
d. Locating books about spiders in the school library

Question 2

Missy is given this problem: If Mt. Adams is lower than Mt. Washington; and if Mt. Adams is higher than Mt. Jefferson; then which of the three mountains is highest?

Missy reads the fourth word in the problem incorrectlyshe thinks the word is higher rather than lowerand consequently answers the problem incorrectly. From the perspective of cognitive psychology, Missy's difficulty is definitely due to:
a. Her limited working memory capacity
b. The way she encodes the problem
c. The fact that she is using the wrong heuristic
d. The fact that she is retrieving information that she has learned in a rote manner