It can be inferred that in the Utrecht University experiment, one group of people was "aimlessly clicking around" because

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It can be inferred that in the Utrecht University experiment, one group of people was "aimlessly clicking around" because

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A.
they were hoping that the software would help carry out the tasks.
B.
they did not have the skill-set to address complicated tasks.
C.
the other group was carrying out the tasks more efficiently.
D.

they wanted to avoid making mistakes.

Option is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

Easy question. According to the passage, the people using the more advanced software would often aimlessly click around when confronted with a tricky problem as "the supposedly helpful software actually short-circuited their thinking and learning". They were, in effect, hoping that the software would help carry out the tasks.