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The best description of the purpose of think-aloud protocols is that they are used to determine
 
  a. what information a person is attending to while solving a problem.
  b. which people can be considered more creative in ability to solve problems.
  c. how to develop computer programs that best mimic human problem solving.
  d. how a person's expertise increases his or her likelihood of solving a problem, relative to a beginner.

Question 2

Kaplan and Simon's experiment presented different versions of the mutilated checkerboard problem. The main purpose of their experiment was to demonstrate that
 
  a. people arrive at the solution to an insight problem suddenly, but proceed more methodically towards the solution of a non-insight problem.
  b. a person's mental set can hinder finding a solution to a problem.
  c. people often have to backtrack within the problem space to arrive at an answer to a problem.
  d. the way the problem is represented can influence the ease of problem solving.



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d



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