Metcalf's research on 'feelings of warmth' judgments, suggests that
A) participants are very accurate in judging when they are close to the solution of an insight problem.
B) the solutions to insight problems given when participants reported feeling close to a solution were more likely to be incorrect than correct.
C) insight problems are solved gradually, and not in a burst of insight.
D) people's subjective sense of whether they will solve a problem is very accurate.

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Metcalf's research found that participants' feelings of being close to a solution (feelings of warmth) were not reliable indicators of actually being close to solving an insight problem. In fact, solutions given when participants reported feeling close to a solution were more likely to be incorrect, challenging the notion that subjective feelings of closeness are accurate predictors of problem-solving success in the context of insight problems.

Metcalf's Research on 'Feelings of Warmth' Judgments, Suggests That