Which type of problem solving technique is methodical, logical, and will always lead to a correct answer if there is one? Options: Heuristic, Insight, Algorithm, Convergent Thinking, Divergent Thinking
AP Psychology Thinking and Language

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Algorithm
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Which type of problem solving strategy allows us to make an estimate on the likelihood of events based on how much that event matches a prototype?
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Representativeness Heuristic
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What is our tendency to think we know or can perform better or more accurately than we really can?
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Overconfidence
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What is the smallest form of language that can carry meaning?
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Morpheme
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Generating multiple possible answers to a problem illustrates
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divergent thinking.
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A chess-playing computer program that routinely calculates all possible outcomes of all possible game moves best illustrates problem solving by means of
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an algorithm.
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In trying to solve a potentially complicated problem quickly, we are most likely to rely on
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heuristics.
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