As a problem-solving strategy, what might one suggest to an engineer who is designing a bridge of a type never built before?
a. Design and build the bridge more slowly than is normally done, so as to have the time to solve problems as they arise.
b. Create a computer-generated model, to learn what problems may exist, before attempting the real thing.
c. Create a team of engineers and assign each a part of the problem.
d. Visualize the completed bridge in your mind.
Ques. 2The early-maturing male middle school student is likely to be
a. popular with peers and older boys and at greater risk of engaging in deviant behavior.
b. the object of jealousy among his male classmates because of his advanced physical maturity.
c. a class clown or attention seeker because of insecurities that often accompany early physical maturation.
d. socially and cognitively as well as physically advanced for his age.
Ques. 3As a problem-solving strategy (or heuristic), what might one suggest to an architect who is designing a building of a type never built before?
a. Build a scale model, to learn what problems may exist, before attempting the real thing.
b. Design and build the building more slowly than is normally done, so as to have the time to solve problems as they arise.
c. Visualize the completed building in your mind.
d. Create a team of architects and assign each a part of the problem.
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