Thought Trials
When faced with a problem, the theorist gen erates conjectures about ways to solve it. These conjectures, usually in the form of if-then sen tences, vary at least in the number of trials gen erated and the heterogeneity between trials. In general, a theorizing process characterized by a greater number of diverse conjectures produces better theory than a process characterized by a smaller number of homogeneous conjectures.