The Television Character MacGyver Was Famous for Using Everyday Objects

question 21

Multiple Choice

The television character MacGyver was famous for using everyday objects to get out of trouble.In one episode,for example,MacGyver used the aluminum foil wrapper from a stick of gum to replace a blown electrical fuse.The MacGyver character clearly did NOT suffer from what cognitive obstacle to problem solving?

• A)the anchoring effect
• B)confirmation bias
• C)functional fixedness
• D)the representative heuristic

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