Earning a degree in psychology can be described as an exercise in problem solving.To finish your degree,you need to complete a number of upper-level courses.To enroll in those courses,you must have successfully completed a course in Research Methods.But before you can take Research Methods,you need to have passed Statistics.Your progress through this series of sub-goals can be accomplished through ______.

A) generate-and-test
B) means-end analysis
C) reasoning by analogy
D) mental set

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Jacob Martens · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  Means-end analysis involves breaking down the problem into smaller problems (sub-goals) and working towards reducing the difference between the current state and the goal state, which is exactly how the process of completing a degree by taking a series of prerequisite courses is described.

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