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Your friend Jerome has lost his contact lens in his room. He begins searching in one corner and methodically moves from right to left and then back from left to right, examining every square inch. What strategy is he using?
 
  a. exhaustive search
  b. parallel processing
  c. heuristic search
  d. functional fixedness

Question 2

Which of the following students provides the best summary of the situated-cognition approach?
 
  a. Pearlie: People typically cannot solve a problem unless they picture themselves situated at the goal state.
  b. Laurie: Visual imagery is especially helpful because it encourages problem solvers to vividly picture themselves in the situation.
  c. Vladimir: Psychologists who study problem solving should emphasize how people can solve everyday problems in the real world, rather than in an artificial setting.
  d. Samuel: Psychologists can understand problem solving better if they try playing the role of a research participant who is faced with a representative problem.



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: a

Answer to Question 2

Ans: c



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