When college students are asked to solve a puzzle problem independently, only about 10% solve it correctly. Then, when students who did not solve the problem were allowed to discuss the problem together, 75% got it right. This illustrates the participants' _____.

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Answer:

cognitive flexibility                

Explanation:

Cognitive flexibility: In psychology, the term "cognitive flexibility" is described as an individual's mental capability to switch or alter between his or her thinking-patterns related to two distinct concepts or phenomena and therefore to think rationally about various concepts at the same time. Cognitive flexibility is often denoted as one of the different "executive functions".

In the question above, the given statement illustrates the participants' cognitive flexibility.