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Which of the following research topics on problem solving would have the lowest ecological validity?
 
  a. How people plan their route through a hardware store, so that they can locate the items as quickly as possible.
  b. How diners in a restaurant figure out how to divide a bill fairly among themselves.
  c. How parents of preschoolers plan a birthday party.
  d. How students in a geometry class use information from previous problems to solve the current problem.

Question 2

Dwaine has just completed a high school course in algebra. However, when he needs to solve a problem that uses basic algebra, he finds that he does not know how to apply his knowledge. Cognitive psychologists would argue that Dwaine
 
  a. is having trouble because of the situated-cognition issue.
  b. should apply the matrix method, because it is especially useful for algebra problems.
  c. is probably using an inappropriate algorithm.
  d. should try parallel processing.



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: d

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Ans: a





 

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