Two groups of participants are given sets of training problems to solve. One group of participants is told to try to understand the structure of the problem, while the other group is asked to try to memorize the problem. They are later given test problems. Based on previous evidence, what results would you expect to see at testing?

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Previous evidence suggests that understanding the structure of a problem leads to better problem-solving performance, whereas memorization may not be as effective. Therefore, we would expect the "structure" group to solve more problems or perform better on the test problems compared to the "memorize" group.

Two Groups of Participants Are Given Sets of Training Problems