In Luchin's Water Jar Problems,participants Are Asked to Use Three

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In Luchin's water jar problems,participants are asked to use three jars of differing volumes (A,B,and C) to create various final amounts of water.After the first few trials,participants learn that the same formula (B-A-2C) will provide the answer for each of the first few problems.However,Luchin noticed that people had the tendency to continue using this formula on other problems,even when these problems had simpler solutions (such as A-C) .This particular problem-solving block is called:

• A)inadequate framing of the problem.
• B)flawed inductive reasoning.
• C)a belief bias.
• D)a mental set.

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