Which behavior indicates that Mandy is using a knowledge-transforming strategy when writing her psychology term paper?
A) When she sounds out the letters to words that she does not know how to spell
B) When she begins by writing down any ideas about psychology that pop into her mind
C) When, before she writes anything, she decides that the point of the paper would be to show the differences and similarities between classical conditioning and operant conditioning
D) When she considers how fun it would be to skip the paper and head to the beach

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A knowledge-transforming strategy involves actively working with the content to achieve a specific goal, such as comparing and contrasting concepts. In this case, deciding the point of the paper to show differences and similarities between classical conditioning and operant conditioning before writing is an example of using such a strategy.

Which Behavior Indicates That Mandy Is Using a Knowledge-Transforming Strategy