Max Is So Used to Thinking That a Tough Competitive

question 43

Multiple Choice

Max is so used to thinking that a tough competitive style of behavior is the best way to impress others that he fails to recognize that the most effective way to impress his girlfriend is with cooperative tenderness.Max's oversight best illustrates

• A) a fixation.
• B) the framing effect.
• C) an algorithm.
• D) divergent thinking.

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