Patricia, age ten, refuses to wear dresses and insists on being called Pat. She knows she is a girl, but she says boys have it better. She prefers playing with boys and only plays the games they play. She says she wants to be a football player and a mother when she grows up. Pat has __________.

May believed that the central problem we faced in the second half of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century is

a) the increasing world population. b) a pervasive feeling of powerlessness. c) repressed sexuality. d) environmental pollution.

After problem interpretation, the next step in problem solving is ______

a. a short period of trial and error c. means-end analysis b. selection of a solution strategy d. creation of subgoals