Fiona is contemplating when she learned about her grandmother's sickness.She remembers how her father told her one morning at breakfast,and she wonders about all the other mornings that he must have wanted to tell her.What kind of thinking is Fiona engaging in?
A) metacognition
B) executive decision making
C) mental set
D) bounded rationality

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Fiona is reflecting on her own thinking and awareness of how she learned about her grandmother's sickness, which is an example of metacognition - thinking about one's own thinking. Executive decision making refers to making decisions in a business setting, mental set refers to a cognitive predisposition toward a certain type of problem solving, and bounded rationality refers to making decisions with limited information or resources.

Fiona Is Contemplating When She Learned About Her Grandmother's Sickness