Problem Solving & Decision Making

Well-structured Problems and Ill-structured Problems are also known as

• Well-described & Ill-described

• Well-defined & Ill-defined

• Well-explained & Ill-explained

When using the Problem Solving Cycle, flexibility is important.

• True

• False

There are 10 steps involved in the problem-solving cycle

• False 

• True

Insight involves reconceptualizing a problem or a strategy in a totally new way.

• False

• True

Our mental sets are shaped by our

• past experiences and habits.

• past habits.

• past experiences.

• past life decisions

Incubation refers to putting the problem aside for a while and consciously thinking about it.

• True

• False

The two approaches to inductive reasoning are

• Casual and Categorical Inferences

• Well-structured and ill-structured inferences

• Conditional and syllogistic inferences

The model of the Economic Man and Woman is more subjective than objective.

• True

• False

Heuristics are the mental shortcuts humans use in decision making.

• True

• False

Stereotyping is associated with representativeness heuristic.

• True

• False