Question

lachlan is assigned a presentation on a type of psychological disorder for his psychology course. lachlan engages in the second step of the problem - solving process when he: scans the list of psychological disorders and chooses one to present on. considers different ways to compile the information into a presentation. reads the assignment on the syllabus and identifies it as a deadline. realizes his laptop is broken and researches methods to fix it.

Explanation:

The standard problem-solving process steps are: 1. Identify/define the problem, 2. Develop possible solutions/select a path forward. Here, the problem is completing the presentation assignment. Step 1 would be recognizing the assignment requirement; Step 2 is selecting a specific disorder (a concrete path to address the assignment). The other options: the marked incorrect one is later step (planning execution), identifying the deadline is Step 1, and the laptop issue is an unrelated problem.

Answer:

A. scans the list of psychological disorders and chooses one to present on.