The eighth grade is preparing for its annual "School Scam Skit," in which students parody amusing school events during the year.Alonzo,the class President,discovers that the class has mistakenly sold 500 tickets for an auditorium with a seating capacity of only 200.The auditorium is not available for any other night,and the class does not have the funds available to rent a suitable room elsewhere.Numerous possible solutions may exist,but the class is feeling panicked.The class officers are meeting in order to attempt to find a solution to this problem.What type of cognitive approach is each class officer using?
-Nephi,the class Treasurer,told the class officers that this situation reminded him of the Titanic sinking.Accordingly,the Titanic officers could have preserved three times the number of people had they allowed the passengers to lay alongside the life boats and support themselves by holding onto the gunnels.Perhaps the solution to the current problem is embedded in the Titanic problem.
A)Analogical thinking
B)Brainstorming
C)Means-end analysis
D)Response set
E)Working backwards

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Nephi is using analogical thinking by comparing the current problem to a past event (the sinking of the Titanic) and suggesting that a solution may be found by drawing parallels between the two situations. The other cognitive approaches (brainstorming, means-end analysis, response set, and working backwards) do not involve this type of comparison to a past event.

The Eighth Grade Is Preparing for Its Annual "School Scam