Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the concept of the working backward heuristic?
A) When you lose your keys, you begin to scour your dorm room because you know that you will eventually find them that way.
B) When creating a presentation for class, you judge how close you are to finishing by looking at the quality of your presentation so far.
C) In order to efficiently solve a crossword puzzle, you meticulously inspect each of the "across" questions and each of the "down" questions.
D) To organize documents in your computer, you create an "All Documents" folder and proceed to subdivide it into increasingly specific folders.

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The working backward heuristic involves breaking down a goal into smaller, more manageable sub-goals, which is exactly what the person in scenario D is doing by creating increasingly specific folders to organize their documents. The other scenarios do not involve working backward or breaking down a goal into smaller sub-goals.

Which of the Following Scenarios Best Illustrates the Concept of the Working