Your dad has a problem; what to get your Mom for her birthday. He mentally reviews her reaction to presents he has given her in the past (an iron, a toaster, an ice cream maker, a waffle iron). If he decides to get her a cappuccino machine because she seemed to like "extra" appliances like the waffle iron more than the "routine" or necessary appliances like the iron, your Dad would be making use of which approach to problem-solving?
A) searching for analogies
B) trial and error
C) forming subgoals
D) changing the representation of the problem

Question

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Your dad is using the approach of searching for analogies by comparing past gift reactions to find a pattern or similarity that suggests she prefers "extra" appliances.

Your Dad Has a Problem; What to Get Your Mom