Which of the following was a factor in people's ability to solve the four-card selection problem?
a. the abstract nature of the problem c. availability heuristic
b. memory capacity d. means-end analysis
Question 2Sternberg (1998) lists several characteristics of expertise. Which is not one of those listed?
a. a strong need for recognition
b. large, rich schemas with a great amount of declarative knowledge about the domain
c. spending a greater portion of their time determining how to represent problems before searching for a solution
d. having schemas that contain procedural knowledge about strategies for solving the problem
Question 3Robert Sternberg (1998) has argued that abilities reflect developing expertise. The important implication of this is that
a. the development of expertise should be correlated with chronological age.
b. abilities, like expertise, can be taught.
c. the development of expertise should be correlated with mental age.
d. mental age in a particular domain is best estimated by experts in that domain.