Big John decides to cook ribs, and he is following the recipe step by step to get the perfect meal. However, after thawing the meat, preheating the oven, and making the sauce, he realizes he does not have enough chili powder for the rub (i.e., to coat all the ribs). Big John stops cooking and decides he cannot make ribs because he can't complete the recipe. What type of thinking/problem solving is he using?
a. functional fixedness
b. top-down processing
c. bottom-up processing
d. an algorithm
Answer: d. an algorithm
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A. personality typing B. transactional analysis C. rational-emotive theory D. values programming analysis
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a. Unlike their counterparts in Canada or Western Europe, emerging adults' political participation is very low in the United States. b. Emerging adults tend to see the activities of political parties as highly relevant to their lives. c. Emerging adults tend to be skeptical of the motivations of politicians. d. Emerging adults tend to have higher conventional political participation compared to previous generations of young people.