Karilynn's professor poses the following question to the psychology class: "When it comes to achieving our goals, is it better to focus on how far we still have to go before we reach a goal, or should we focus on what we have already accomplished?" Karilynn immediately asks herself whether there is any theory or empirical evidence to support stressing either a goal focus or an accomplishment focus. She also wonders what research method could be used to find out this information if no empirical evidence presently exists. Karilynn is exhibiting
A)critical thinking.
B)transductive reasoning.
C)commonsense reasoning.
D)intuitive thinking.

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Karilynn is exhibiting critical thinking by questioning the existence of theories or empirical evidence to support either focus and considering what research methods could be used to gather this information if it doesn't already exist. This approach involves analyzing and evaluating information to form a reasoned judgment, which is characteristic of critical thinking.

Karilynn's Professor Poses the Following Question to the Psychology Class