____ involves consolidating sequences of steps into unified routines that require little or no conscious control.
a. Schematization
b. Facilitation
c. Habituation
d. Automatization
Ques. 2Asking participants to speak aloud about their problem solving strategies results in ____.
a. a delay in finding solutions
b. distraction from the problem
c. higher quality solutions
d. increased performance anxiety
Ques. 3____ are statements made by problem solvers.
a. Verbal protocols
b. Musings
c. Think-alouds
d. Cognitive walkthroughs
Ques. 4John, an expert chess player, is playing chess with Mark, a novice player. Late in the game, the family dog comes lumbering through the room and knocks over the board, spilling the pieces on the floor. In this situation, ____ is more likely to remember the position pieces because ____.
a. Mark; his memory was higher because he was losing
b. John; he can rely on sophisticated schemas
c. Mark; he is more motivated to win the game
d. John; he is more likely to have photographic memory
Ques. 5When it comes to writing term papers, Scott takes much longer conducting his research, organizing his notes, and planning his paper than does David. Yet, David requires more time to do the actual writing of the paper than does Scott. From this we can infer that Scott devotes ____ to ____ planning than does David.
a. more time; global
b. less time; global
c. more time; local
d. less time; crystallized
Ques. 6Studies show that expert problem-solvers tend to devote more of their ____ resources to global planning than do novice problem solvers.
a. time
b. mental
c. physical
d. object
Ques. 7Studies show that expert problem-solvers tend to devote more of their mental resources to ____ planning than do novice problem solvers.
a. global
b. local
c. isomorphic
d. heuristic
Ques. 8____ planning involves the development of detailed tactics.
a. Fluid
b. Crystallized
c. Global
d. Local
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