You have to host a dinner party for 30 people on Saturday. Your apartment is in a mess and your clothes need to be washed. You decide to do your laundry on Thursday, buy the groceries on Friday, clean the apartment on Saturday in the morning, and prepare the dinner on Saturday evening. Solving the problem of hosting the dinner party in this way is an example of:

problem solving

subgoaling

Explanation:

Subgoaling -

The method is used in the educational psychology and in cognitive science.

It refers to the method solving any confusion or problem in a step wise manner, is referred to as subgoaling.

The method makes the task easy and very clear and the person can then efficiently and properly complete the task, in a step wise manner.

Hence, from the given scenario of the question,

The correct answer is subgoaling.